Artwork by an artist unfortunately unknown to me.

Thaw in Russia

Generaloberst (Colonel General) EDUARD DIETL (1890-1944). The &quot;Hero of Narvik&quot; on a painting of Josef Hengge, 1941. On June 23rd, 1944 the plane that should bring Dietl back to his Army Group in Lapland crashed on the 1800 meter &quot;Hochwechsel&quot; mountain in the Austrian Alps. He had been on the Obersalzberg to a meeting woth Adolf Hitler. His death was initially kept secret due to political reasons.

Generaloberst EDUARD DIETL

The original of this painting is actually hanging in the entrance hall of the US Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. It originally derives from Munich and was exhibited in the &quot;Haus der deutschen Kunst&quot; (House of german art) in 1943 or 1944. Unfortunately the title and the artist are unknown.