Dutch museum recalls Nazi use of Rembrandt
Dutch national news, posted July 14th, 2006
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His face is one of the best known in the art world, and as the Netherlands celebrates the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt’s birth, his life and work retain few secrets. But did you know he was once a Nazi icon?
An exhibition at the Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam recalls the Nazis’ largely forgotten mission to incorporate the Dutch painter into fascist ideology, and win sympathy in the Netherlands, which they occupied in 1940.
The artist appeared on Dutch stamps issued during the occupation, a “Rembrandt” prize was awarded for artistic contribution to National Socialist culture, and a Rembrandt opera and film were written.
Full article: Reuters, 14 July 2006
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