Adolf Ziegler

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Adolf Ziegler
Adolf Hitler, architect Gerdy Troost wife of Paul Ludwig Troost, Adolf Ziegler (with the bowtie), and Joseph Goebbels at the opening of the House of German Art (Haus der deutschen Kunst), May 1937
Born	(1892-10-16)16 October 1892 Bremen, German Empire
Died	11 September 1959(1959-09-11) (aged 66) Varnhalt (near Baden-Baden), West Germany
Nationality	German
Education	Academy of Fine Arts Munich
Known for	Painting
Notable work	Judgement of Paris (1937)
Elected	President of the Reich Chamber of Art, 1936

Adolf Ziegler (16 October 1892 – 11 September 1959) was a German painter and politician. He was tasked by the Nazi Party to oversee the purging of what the Party described as "degenerate art", by most of the German modern artists. He was Hitler's favourite painter.^[1] He was born in Bremen and died in Varnhalt, today Baden-Baden.