Nord Park
Geometric nineteen-thirties park with long water basins, horse-tamer sculptures and a Japanese garden.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Nordpark in Düsseldorf stands you at its entrance on Kaiserswerther Strasse, before Edwin Scharff's twin horse tamers, carved for the Nazi regime's great nineteen thirty-seven exhibition. It follows the sculptor through the years when Germany's new rulers were deciding what art, and which artists, they could use. You'll hear about a teaching post in Berlin, an accusation he denied, and a move to Düsseldorf's art academy. Best heard at the gate, looking up at the two horses.
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