Richard Klein
1890
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1967
German painter, sculptor, graphic artist and medalist; personally protected by Goebbels and Hitler as god-gifted artist of the Third Reich (1890-1967)
Richard Klein was a German artist, known for his work as a medallist from the start of World War I in 1914, and mainly for his work as a favoured artist of the Nazi regime. Klein was director of the Munich School of Applied Arts and was one of Adolf Hitler's favourite painters.