Adolf Dahle

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAdolf Max Fritz•Dahle
Used nameAdolf•Dahle
Born2 October 1890 in Hannover, Niedersachsen (GER)
Died1 November 1954 in West-Berlin, Berlin (GER) 
NOC Germany

Biography

Adolf Dahle studied in Berlin and study visits took him to Italy, Greece, and Africa. He was one of those artists who were supported by the SS during World War II. In 1944 he was part of an exhibition called “German Artists and the SS”, whose catalog included a foreword by Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler. He was renowned as a painter of horses and equestrian representations and as a designer of stained glass. Polo was a painting in oil on cardboard in the size 125 x 160 cm. It was donated to the Berlinische Galerie by the painter’s family.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions GER Adolf Dahle
Painting, Paintings, Open (Olympic) AC