version: 4 February 2018 - NIOD-begin | Droog Magazine



The world press after the publication of the doubts on the NIOD-claim

Introduction
From Luxembourg to China


Compilation Bart FM Droog, 2017-2018

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Introduction

On 26 December 2016 Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported on our investigation of the alleged Hitler watercolor owned by NIOD.

NIOD had claimed on November 25 2017, that this watercolor was "almost certainly an original" and "As far as we know we're the only heritage institute in the Netherlands possessing a Hitler painting."

Rik Kuiper. 'Enige schilderij van Hitler in Nederland' mogelijk toch een vervalsing - onderzoekers verwijten Niod 'tunnelvisie'. De Volkskrant, 26-12-2017
https://www.volkskrant.nl/beeldende-kunst/-enige-schilderij-van-hitler-in-nederland-mogelijk-toch-een-vervalsing-onderzoekers-verwijten-niod-tunnelvisie~a4549997/

ANP - AFP

Dutch news agency ANP published a report on the Volkskrant-article; it appeared in most Dutch media. As ANP is associated with the international news agency AFP, very soon translations in Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese, Rumenian, Slovenian and Spanish followed.

Unfortunately the translators who worked on the French, German and Spanish versions introduced fantasy in their articles, claiming that we -Van den Born and Droog - had studied the pencil strokes on the NIOD watercolor, and concluded that it was almost certainly not painted by Hitler but possibly by Reinhold Hanisch, the first known 'Hitler' forger.

Well: we did not study the pencil strokes, and even if we had, we could not have concluded anything based on it, by lack of reliable comparison material.

We don't know who painted the NIOD watercolor. There's no direct evidence linking this work to a particular painter.

We also did not comment on the quality of the NIOD-watercolor attributed to Hitler.

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ANP/Nu.nl. Experts twijfelen aan authenticiteit van Hitler-aquarel dat NIOD kreeg. Nu.nl, 26/27-12-2017.
https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/5064605/experts-twijfelen-authenticiteit-van-hitler-aquarel-niod-kreeg.html

Met het Oog Op Morgen. NPO Radio 1, 26-12-2017
https://www.nporadio1.nl/nos-met-het-oog-op-morgen

Twijfels over authenticiteit 'Hitler-aquarel'. De Telegraaf, 26-12-2017.
https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1474596/twijfels-over-authenticiteit-hitler-aquarel

ANP/Casper Naber. Twijfels over echtheid 'Hitler-aquarel'. AD, 26-12-2017.
Ook in PZC.
https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/twijfels-over-echtheid-hitler-aquarel~a6affe5f6/

ANP. Twijfels over echtheid 'Hitler-aquarel'. Het laatste Nieuws (B), 26-12-2017
https://www.hln.be/nieuws/buitenland/twijfels-over-echtheid-hitler-aquarel~a2796aea/?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nieuws

NOS Teletekst / Twitter, 27-12-2017:

'NIOD schrijft aquarel ten onrechte toe aan Hitler'. NOS, 27-12-2017
https://nos.nl/artikel/2209417-niod-schrijft-aquarel-ten-onrechte-toe-aan-hitler.html

'NIOD maakt flater met aquarel Adolf Hitler'. Jonet.nl, 27-12-2017.
https://jonet.nl/niod-maakt-flater-met-aquarel-adolf-hitler/

Rik Kuiper. 'Enige schilderij van Hitler in Nederland' mogelijk toch een vervalsing. De Morgen, 27-12-2017
https://www.demorgen.be/expo/-enige-schilderij-van-hitler-in-nederland-mogelijk-toch-een-vervalsing-bab4d4d2/

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From Luxembourg to Japan

AFP. Dutch experts doubt authenticity of rare 'Hitler' painting. News Yahoo.com [Australia], 27-12-2017.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/38423873/dutch-experts-doubt-authenticity-of-rare-hitler-painting/

AFP. Dutch experts doubt authenticity of rare 'Hitler' painting. Expatica, 27-12-2017.
https://www.expatica.com/nl/news/country-news/Netherlands-art-Hitler_1614901.html

EFE. Investigadores holandeses dudan de autenticidad acuarela atribuida a Hitler. El Espectador (Colombia), 27-12-2017.
https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/cultura/investigadores-holandeses-dudan-de-autenticidad-acuarela-atribuida-hitler-articulo-730613

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The AFP-Frech, German and Spanish translations contained a strange mistake - we did not investigate pencil strokes on paintings - as this is totally pointless, by lack of comparison material

AFP - Pays-Bas : l'authenticité d'une aquarelle signée Hitler remise en cause. The Times of Israel, 27-12-2017. French version.
https://fr.timesofisrael.com/pays-bas-lauthenticite-dune-aquarelle-signee-hitler-remise-en-cause/

MadreMedia/AFP. Há mais uma falsa aguarela de Hitler, dizem investigadores holandeses. Sapo24 [Portugal], 27-12-2017.
http://24.sapo.pt/vida/artigos/ha-mais-uma-falsa-aguarela-de-hitler-dizem-investigadores-holandeses

L'aquarelle signée Hitler est-elle vraie? Tribune de Genève (Switzerland), 27-12-2017.
https://www.tdg.ch/monde/L-aquarelle-signee-Hitler-estelle-vraie/story/28534476

"Falscher Hitler": Forscher bezweifeln Echtheit von Aquarell. Salzburger Nachrichten, 27-12-2017.
https://www.sn.at/kultur/falscher-hitler-forscher-bezweifeln-echtheit-von-aquarell-22242334

AFP - Dutch experts doubt authenticity of rare 'Hitler' painting. The Business Times (Singapore), 27-12-2017
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/life-culture/dutch-experts-doubt-authenticity-of-rare-hitler-painting

Hitlerem signovaná kresba je asi padělek, zjistili dva nizozemští vědci. Deník.cz (Tsjechië), 27-12-2017.
https://www.denik.cz/ze_sveta/hitlerem-signovana-kresba-je-asi-padelek-zjistili-dva-nizozemsti-vedci.html

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THIS IS THE CORRECT FRENCH TRANSLATION:
Belga. L'authenticité d'une aquarelle signée Hitler remise en cause. 7sur7 (Belgium), 27-12-2017.
http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1505/Monde/article/detail/3334872/2017/12/27/L-authenticite-d-une-aquarelle-signee-Hitler-remise-en-cause.dhtml

Forscher bezweifeln Echtheit von Hitler-Aquarell. ORF News (Vienna), 27-12-2017.
http://orf.at/stories/2420348/

O acuarelă "mediocră" ,care ar fi semnată de Adolf Hitler, ar fi opera unui falsificator. Black News (Rumenia). [27-12-2017].
https://blacknews.ro/acuarela-mediocra-semnata-adolf-hitler-opera-falsificator/

L'aquarelle signée Hitler est-elle vraie? 24 Heures (Switzerland), 27-12-2017.
https://www.24heures.ch/monde/aquarelle-signee-hitler-estelle-vraie/story/28534476

Falscher Hitler: Forscher bezweifeln Echtheit von Wien-Aquarell. Der Standard (Wien), 27-12-2017
https://derstandard.at/2000071090047/Falscher-Hitler-Forscher-bezweifeln-Echtheit-von-Wien-Aquarell

AFP - L’authenticité d’une aquarelle signée Hitler remise en cause. Le Soleil (Quebec, Canada), 27-12-2017.
https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/expositions/lauthenticite-dune-aquarelle-signee-hitler-remise-en-cause-feaac54ac3056a71576437ed8e8af0ed

Expertos cuestionan autenticidad de acuarela pintada por Hitler. Bajo Palabra (Mexico), 27-12-2017.
https://bajopalabra.com.mx/expertos-cuestionan-autenticidad-de-acuarela-pintada-por-hitler

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Pays-Bas: l'authenticité d'une aquarelle signée Hitler remise en cause. Europe 1 (France), 27-12-2017
http://www.europe1.fr/international/pays-bas-lauthenticite-dune-aquarelle-signee-hitler-remise-en-cause-3531722

Dutch Experts Doubt Authenticity Of Rare Adolf Hitler Watercolour Painting. USA Art News, 28-12-2017.
https://usaartnews.com/news/dutch-experts-doubt-authenticity-of-rare-adolf-hitler-watercolour-painting

AFP - Dutch experts doubt authenticity of rare ‘Hitler’ watercolor painting. Global Times (China), 28-12-2017
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1082511.shtml

Forscher bezweifeln Echtheit von Hitler-Aquarell. Deutschlandfunk, 28-12-2017.
http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/niederlande-forscher-bezweifeln-echtheit-von-hitler-aquarell.2849.de.html?drn:news_id=832305

AFP-JIJI. Dutch experts doubt authenticity of rare ‘Hitler’ painting. Japan Times, 28-12-2017
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/28/world/dutch-experts-doubt-authenticity-rare-hitler-painting/#.WkS51d_ibIU

Eric Nederkoorn. Stijgende verbazing over 'authentieke' aquarel van Hitler. Dagblad van het Noorden, 28-12-2017.
http://www.dvhn.nl/cultuur/Stijgende-verbazing-over-%E2%80%98authentieke%E2%80%99-aquarel-van-Hitler-22778104.html

AFP. Niederländische Forscher bezweifeln Echtheit von angeblichem Aquarell Hitlers. Die Zeit, 28-12-2017.
http://www.zeit.de/news/2017-12/27/deutschland-niederlaendische-forscher-bezweifeln-echtheit-von-angeblichem-aquarell-hitlers-27155403

Hitler képe hamisítvány, de eladják a szuper Mercedest. 24.hu [Hongarije], 28-12-2017.
https://24.hu/tudomany/2017/12/28/hitler-kepe-hamisitvany-de-eladjak-szuper-mercedest/

EFE - Dudan autenticidad de pintura de Hitler. Los Tiempos (Bolivia?), 28-12-2017
http://www.lostiempos.com/doble-click/cultura/20171228/dudan-autenticidad-pintura-hitler

Niederländische Forscher bezweifeln Echtheit von angeblichem Hitler-Aquarell. "Hässliche" Bildqualität. Focus (Germany), 28-12-2017.
https://www.focus.de/kultur/kunst/haessliche-bildqualitaet-niederlaendische-forscher-bezweifeln-echtheit-von-angeblichem-hitler-aquarell_id_8137512.html

ANP. Twijfels over authenticiteit van 'Hitler-aquarel'. Nederlands Dagblad, 28-12-2017.
https://www.nd.nl/nieuws/cultuur/twijfels-over-authenticiteit-van-hitler-aquarel.2889971.lynkx

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AFP. Experto holandeses cuestionan autenticidad de acuarela pintado por Hitler. La Prensa/Mundo [Panama], 28-12-2017.
https://www.prensa.com/mundo/Expertos-holandeses-cuestionan-autenticidad-Hitler_0_4927007332.html

「ヒトラー作」の希少な絵画、オランダの専門家2人が鑑定結果を疑問視, AFPBB.com [Japan], 28-12-2017
http://www.afpbb.com/articles/-/3156890

Nizozemskemu inštitutu podarjeni Hitlerjev akvarel zgolj ponaredek? Akvarel z motivom stolpa na Dunaju. RTV Slovenjia (Slovenia), 28-12-2017.
http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/drugo/nizozemskemu-institutu-podarjeni-hitlerjev-akvarel-zgolj-ponaredek/441691

Dutch experts doubt authenticity of rare 'Adolf Hitler' watercolour painting. Artdaily.com [Spain], 28-12-2017.
http://artdaily.com/news/101314/Dutch-experts-doubt-authenticity-of-rare--Adolf-Hitler--watercolour-painting#.WkYfft_ibIU

L'authenticité d'une aquarelle signée Adolf Hitler remise en cause. Le Figaro, 29-12-2017.
http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2017/12/29/03004-20171229ARTFIG00028-l-authenticite-d-une-aquarelle-signee-adolf-hitler-remise-en-cause.php

Benjamin Sutton. Art Movements. [Researchers in the Netherlands suspect that a rare watercolor purportedly painted by Adolf Hitler is in fact a forgery. An anonymous donor gifted the work to the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation in November]. Hyperallergic.com, [New York], 29-12-2017.
https://hyperallergic.com/419263/art-movements-236/

Cuestionada la autenticidad de acuarela de Hitler donada a NIOD. Homines.com [Malaga, Spain], 29-12-2017.
https://www.homines.com/noticias/20171229.htm

Mark Boninsegna. Dichters Droog en Van den Born op Hitlerjacht. A Fetish for Poetry, [Rotterdam], 31-12-2017.
https://afetishforpoetry.com/2017/12/31/dichters-droog-en-van-den-born-op-hitlerjacht/
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荷兰专家对罕见希特勒水彩画作的真实性提出质疑. Sina (China), 04-01-2018.
http://collection.sina.com.cn/hwdt/2018-01-04/doc-ifyqkarr7062076.shtml

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Oversight

het NIOD-onderzoek | NIOD press release and its global impact |
De experts | Signatuur | Authentieke werken | kranten 1930-1979

Samuel Morgenstern | Jacob Altenberg

De zegels | De vervalsers | August Priesack | Peter Jahn |
Het boek van Price

Visueel vergelijkingsmateriaal | Florence
Brigitte Hamann | Frederic Spotts |

Conclusie | Eerste NIOD-reactie | International press reactions

On the authors of this online investigation

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