Arno Breker

Quick Facts

Full Name	Arno Breker
Occupation	Sculptor
Date Of Birth	Jul 19, 1900(1900-07-19)
Age	124
Date Of Death	1991-02-13
Birthplace	Elberfeld
Country	Germany
Birth City	North Rhine-Westphalia
Horoscope	Cancer

Arno Breker Biography

Arno Breker is one of the most popular and richest Sculptor who was born on July 19, 1900 in Elberfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. German sculpturer who made public works during Nazi Germany. He created Die Partei, a statue which reflected an ideal that was Nazi Germany. Nazi Party.

His work was heavily backed through His work was heavily supported by Adolf Hitler..

The stonemason’s son was Arnold Breker.

Arno Breker Net Worth

Arno Breker is one of the richest Sculptor from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Arno Breker 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was enrolled in into the Dusseldorf Academy of Arts where his focus was on sculpture.

A portion of his work was criticized for being degenerate artwork.

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Who is Arno Breker Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Arno Ranked on the list of most popular Sculptor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Arno Breker celebrates birthday on July 19 of every year.

Top Facts about Arno Breker

1. Arno Breker was born in Elberfeld, in the west of Germany, the son of a stonemason.
2. He studied architecture, stone-carving and anatomy.
3. He was made official state sculptor in 1937 and was exempted from military service.
4. He travelled to Paris and North Africa, producing lithographs which he published under the title “Tunisian Journey.”
5. In 1932, he was awarded a prize by the Prussian Ministry of Culture, which allowed him to stay in Rome for a year.
6. In 1934 he returned to Germany on the advice of Max Liebermann.
7. Breker won a silver medal for his athletic statues in the 1936 Olympic games arts competition.
8. In 1937 he married Demetra Messala, a Greek model.
9. Breker was on a list of 378 “Gottbegnadeten” (divinely gifted) artists, exempted from military service by Hitler and Joseph Goebbels.
10. His neoclassical work typified Nazi ideals and suited their architecture.
11. Ninety percent of Breker’s public works were destroyed during the bombings of Germany.
12. In 1946, Breker was offered a commission by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, but he refused.
13. In 1948 Breker was designated a “fellow traveller” of Nazis and fired, despite which he continued to thrive professionally.
14. Breker’s last major work was a monumental sculpture of Alexander the Great intended to be located in Greece.
15. Breker was married twice and had two children, Gerhart and Carola.

What happened to Arno Breker sculptures?

In 1961 Arno Breker bought the relief back when the French state auctioned it off. It was offered by a German auction house in 2020. While nearly all of his sculptures survived World War II, more than 90% of his public work was destroyed by the Allies after the war.

What was considered degenerate art?

degenerate art, German Entartete Kunst, term used by the Nazi Party in Germany to describe art that did not support the ideals of Nazism. It was also the title of a propagandistically designed Nazi exhibition of modern art held in Munich in 1937.

Where are Hitler's horses now?

It is believed the horses may have been sold by East German authorities around 1989 as the communist government was faltering before the Berlin Wall was torn down. The horses have not been seen since, until they were found in Wednesday’s raid on a warehouse in Bad Duerkheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Where are Arno Breker statues?

Art by Hitler’s favorite sculptor dug up by construction workers. The two Arno Breker sculptures currently on display in Berlin were left buried in the garden of the artist’s state-built studio since World War II. In 2015 the property became Kunsthaus Dahlem, an institution dedicated to postwar German modernism.

Who was Hitler's favorite artist?

Hitler’s favorite painter was Adolf Ziegler and Hitler owned a number of his works. Landscape painting featured prominently in the Great German Art exhibition.