Arno Breker Art

A rare video of Arno Breker’s relief “Der Rächer” (The Avenger). This was one of the monumental reliefs (5m high) to decorate the Grosser Bogen, a monumental arch to be built in the center of Germania, to which Berlin was to be transformed after the war was won (about 1950). Designed by state architect Albert Speer, was intended to be a war monument dedicated to all fallen soldiers of the Reich. The relief depicts a heroic warrior with a drawn sword in combat with serpents. It is a classical symbol, which depicts the fight against evil. It undoubtedly attracts its origin from Ancient Greece. Although the head bears the characteristic design of Breker, the body of the guard is reminiscent of many statues of classical or late antiquity. Slide 2 : Limited edition prints of “Der Rächer” (The Avenger) relief pencil drawing. Video © Bundesarchiv / Federal Archives

On this day, May 21, 2013, Dominique Venner chose to end his life by committing suicide in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, that his final act too might contribute to awakening the European peoples. In a letter sent to his colleagues at Radio Courtoisie, he characterizes his suicide as a rebellion “against pervasive individual desires that destroy the anchors of our identity, particularly the family, the intimate base of our multi-millennial society.”

Portrait of Alexander the Great, 1981. The French writer and Alexander-biographer Roger Peyrefitte asked his friend Breker to make this portrait as a Homage to the young Alexander. Photo © Drouot.com

A signed copy by Arno Breker of “ARNO BREKER, The Divine Beauty in Art, B.John Zavrel” in my private collection.

“We had fought for Europe, its faith, its civilization. We had reached the very height of sincerity and sacrifice.” Léon Degrelle A pencil drawing of Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle (June 15, 1906 - March 31, 1994) founder and leader of the Rexist Party of Belgium. When war between Germany and the USSR began, he enlisted as a volunteer in the German army, motivated by his desire to protect Christian Europe from Bolshevism. In less than 4 years, he rised from private to general. He was wounded 7 times during the war, taking part in 75 hand-to-hand combat. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves, which he received personally from The Austrian Painter on February 20, 1944. In the last days of the war, he managed to escape to Spain. The Belgian government issues him a death sentence in absentia, but Spain refuses to extradite him. For the rest of his life, he remained faithful to his ideas and said that he only regrets that he had not won the war.

In 1942 a Arno Breker exhibition was held in the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris. At the opening of the exhibition on 15 May, Aristide Maillol described Breker as ‘Germany’s Michelangelo’. Left to right : “Der Wager” - “The Risk-Taker”/“The Venturer”, 1939. From the exhibition at the Design Museum Den Bosch, The Netherlands, 8 September 2019 -1 March 2020. The exhibition was covered on the front page of the New York Times and Bild, and i.a. in the Guardian, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Paris Match, Spiegel, Welt, Tagesspiegel, El Pais and all Dutch News papers. On television the exposition was covered by the ARD, ZDF, Aljazeera, and all major television channels in The Netherlands. Photo © Arno Breker museum A detail of “Der Sieger” - “The Winner”, 1939. Photo © Arno Breker Museum A photo of “Jünglingsgestalt” (Juvenile Figure) [detail], 1939. Photo from the special edition of prints of Breker’s works ; Ewald König (ed.) - Arno Breker. Lichtbilder von Charlotte Rohrbach - 1943 Photo © Charlotte Rohrbach

One day the sacred names of our dead would be repeated with pride […] Certainly we had been beaten. We had been dispersed and pursued to the four corners of the world. But we could look to the future with heads held high. History weighs the merit of men. Above worldly baseness, we had offered our youth against total immolation. We had fought for Europe, its faith, its civilization. We had reached the very height of sincerity and sacrifice. Sooner or later Europe and the world would have to recognize the justice of our cause and the purity of our gift. For hate dies, dies suffocated by its own stupidity and mediocrity, but grandeur is eternal. And we lived in grandeur.” Léon Degrelle, Campaign in Russia: The Waffen SS on the Eastern Front Day 1 work in progress…A pencil drawing of Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle Limited Edition Prints available soon !

On this day May 11, 2020, 19 year-old Tommie Lindh was stabbed to death when he showed great courage in intervening when he saw a Sudanese raping a 14 year-old girl in Härnösand, Sweden. The rapist stabbed Tommie, who was rushed to hospital but couldn’t be saved. Tommie Lindh ᛉ 12/4/2001 - ᛣ 11/5/2020 Don’t forget him. #tommielindh #tommielindhhero

On this day May 11, 2020, 19 year-old Tommie Lindh was stabbed to death when he showed great courage in intervening when he saw a Sudanese raping a 14 year-old girl in Härnösand, Sweden. The rapist stabbed Tommie, who was rushed to hospital but couldn’t be saved. Tommie Lindh ᛉ 12/4/2001 - ᛣ 11/5/2020 Don’t forget him. #tommielindh #tommielindhhero

Inside Arno Breker’s studio, 1940. A rare video of few plaster casts and statues inside the studio. Unfortunately not many did survive WWII. 90% of his monumental statues was destroyed by the Allies.