Why did Hitler hate abstract art so much? In July 1937, four years after it came to power, the Nazi party put on two art exhibitions in Munich.

But Hitler was not an abstract or modernist painter; in fact, as became clear later in his life, when he became Fuhrer, he abhorred any style of art that deviated from realism.

A new exhibit at the Neue Galerie in New York juxtaposes the classical 19th century paintings and sculptures that Adolf Hitler loved, with the abstract art that he hated and labeled "degenerate." ...

Cornelia Feye dances her laser pointer around a slide of German expressionist Emil Nolde’s “The Last Supper.” The art historian explains what Adolf Hitler hated about the 1909 painting ...

In 1937, two Nazi art shows aimed to teach the public to despise modernist art and show them what art should be. An exhibit at New York's Neue Galerie reunites works from both landmark shows.

Why did Hitler hate abstract art so much? In July 1937, four years after it came to power, the Nazi party put on two art exhibitions in Munich.

In 1937 Germany held an exhibition of "degenerate art" - some of which was rediscovered in a Munich flat this week. What was the point of the show?