Art of the Third Reich

I have had an interest in WWII because of my ex father in law who was a Nazi Youth. Their mentality is very different. This was in the 1980s that I was exposed to this thinking and I then embarked on learning as much as possible about that period. Most of my research has been on the psychological side reading about lives in camps as both worker or officer.

Art embraces psychology on many levels. I thought I would look at art from that era. While looking at it, it reminds me of when I watched the movie 1984 the other day. Here is a brief summary about Nazi Art:

The art of the Third Reich, the officially approved art produced in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945, was characterized by a style of Romantic realism based on classical models. While banning modern styles as degenerate, the Nazis promoted paintings and sculptures that were narrowly traditional in manner and that exalted the "blood and soil" values of racial purity, militarism, and obedience. Other popular themes for Nazi art were the Volk at work in the fields, a return to the simple virtues of Heimat (love of homeland), the manly virtues of the National Socialist struggle, and the lauding of the female activities of child bearing and raising (Kinder, Küche, Kirche).
Similarly, music was expected to be tonal and free of jazz influence; films and plays were censored.
Nazi art bears a close similarity to the Soviet propaganda art style of Socialist Realism, and the term heroic realism has sometimes been used to describe both artistic styles.
Among the well-known artists endorsed by the Nazis were the sculptors Josef Thorak and Arno Breker, and painters Werner Peiner, Adolf Wissel and Conrad Hommel.

I don't mind using Wikipedia for basic searches because they also have citations. The links are the citations as well as I'll post some artists from that area in the next couple of days.

 Die Partei, Arno Breker's statue representing the spirit of the Nazi Party