A German artist (1849-1938) who had the honour of, at the age of 88, having his works condemned as degenerate by those young upstarts, the Nazis, and his works removed from public collections. He must have been considered not in line with the desired ethos, and so in came the cancel culture. His work to add, could be much less traditional than the one shown above, and that unfortunately must have really pissed off the idealistic National Socialists and their vision of whatever kind of purity. It’s no good having a vision or a shape you want to impose on reality if everyone else doesn’t get in line. Then you might have to start doing some things like removing a few obstacles - people, art, statues, whatever. Below presumably more the kind of thing from Rohlfs felt to be offensive.
Remember just because someone is very idealistic doesn’t mean the ideal must be brimming over with truth and goodness. Underneath the warm unifying glow stirred up in its believers, it could be a moronic nightmare. Regardless though of its substance, it can provide them all with great inner fuel - they must actualise the ideal! It must be embodied! Out of our way! Trample them!
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