Abstract

Nazi art policy reflected the regime’s “blood and soil” ideology: scenes depicting the hard but “honorable” life of workers and peasants were among the regime’s preferred pictorial motifs. This painting by Leopold Schmutzler (1864-1940) was exhibited in the “Great German Art Exhibition” of 1940 in Munich.

Working Maidens, Painting by Leopold Schmutzler (1940)

Rainer Maria Schopp

Source

Source: “Working maidens”, painting by Leopold Schmutzler. Photo: Rainer Maria Schopp.
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Recommended Citation

Working Maidens, Painting by Leopold Schmutzler (1940), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/nazi-germany-1933-1945/ghdi:image-2083> [March 28, 2025].

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