I did not know that. I knew he was an "artist", so that sort of makes sense. Artsy-Fartsy types tend to be "gay."
The entire NAZI leadership were bisexuals modeled after Sparta. Masculine homosexuality was essentially a rite of passage for the elites. It was only the effeminate homosexuals who were persecuted by the NAZIs. Lively extensively quotes German writers from the 30s-40s
And this is pretty much what I stated in an earlier message. They persecuted effeminate queers, but very much wanted all the mean, nasty, sadistic queers they could find.