Nazi Approved Pieces of Art?

[whatthecrunchyo]

Is this legitimate? Does anyone have any info on the artist? Both of these look like it would be pretty hard to fake. Does anyone know if these pieces of artwork are valuable?

[whatthecrunchyo]

After investigating a little, these look very similar to Wilhelm Petersen's artwork.

[juoneen]

I suspect these are state approved prints of his original art each one represents...notice the C in the circle,(stands for copyright) and the luft approval stamps, and the faint writing from dresden , possibly where they were copied for mass use,as he must be like wilrich in popularity. Not sure if he is TR period or not.

Still very nice find, and value can only be speculated without being able to see it as you do, to read it all concisely . But condition is also important, so keep them where there is no moisture , and continue researching till the puzzle becomes a picture itself as to exactly all it represents...they appear like german workers or citizens , and are very nice.

The luft stamp damaged slightly by moisture appears like it says landsberg, but is partially run by water damage. Im sure the writing behind the stamp up higher will show up in photos if you tweak the lighting when taking some photos if you have photoshop.

Petersen had had an
exhibition at home in Germany in 1936, attracting
a good deal of attention in the German
press. He was generally seen to embody
the ‘Nordic concept’, and on the orders of Alfred
Rosenberg methodical efforts were undertaken
to hail him as the greatest artist in the
Third Reich.
The first one of the man reminds me of what richard harris looked like in later life . Lets see what turns up about these .

here is alittle about the art in germany of the time , and there is a petersen listed in this :http://www.nordiskmuseologi.org/Engl...%20PIRINEN.pdf

[kaiserwilhelm2]

Petersen was a well known ss-kriegsberichter who covered the war as a sketch artist. He was part of LAH. His drawings appeared in the Leithefte and schwarze korps amongst others. There is a period publication of his work during the Polish campaign. I expect your art work are cut outs from this publication. If these are they are worth very little. You should check if your art work are prints (which I suspect) or genuine drawings. If the latter then they would be worth something.

Cheers, W

[kaiserwilhelm2]

Taking a closer look at these, they are printed. Question remains if we are dealing with period prints or cut outs. The first are a little more valuable as the latter. In any case I would not rate the prints as more than 50 euro a piece while if we are dealing with cut outs no more than 5 euro a piece. In case of the latter I suspect someone thought it necessary to add a stamp so to make it more print like in stead of cut out.

Petersen's publication is called Totentanz in Poland and can be bought from 40 euro upwards.

[kaiserwilhelm2]

PS: Petersen and Willrich are in a totally different league. While Willrich was immensely popular during WWII and more or less a household name, Petersen was not.

[CWP]

I believe these framed prints once hung in a Luftwaffe barracks. That is what the stamps indicate. All barracks furnishings including furniture, mirrors, linens, coat racks, etc., had stamps like this to prevent people from taking them home.