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Paintings of the Day: Arnold Böcklin’s Island of the Dead

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Justin • 1 Comment

Now located in Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie: As an interesting “oh by the way”… Adolf Hitler was a great admirer of Böcklin and in 1933 acquired this painting, hanging it first in the Berghof in Obersalzberg and then, after 1940, in the New Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Fortunately, this version (my favorite) survived the war, unlike … Continue reading →

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