Adolf Hitler: paintings with names, photos of Hitler's paintings

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

It is known that Hitler was fascinated by photographs, but he was even more interested in painting. His vocation was the fine arts. Adolf was madly in love with drawing. The paintings of Adolf Hitler are mostly landscape. Nature was captured on them with indescribable love and a subtle sense of shadow and light. Paintings by Adolf Hitler are painted in watercolor. They lay for 70 years in one of the attics, and subsequently many of them were sold at auction.

Hitler is an artist whose paintings are so sensual and beautiful that one might even think that they were painted by a person completely far from conquest. It's amazing how so many contradictory traits can be combined in one personality.

Adolf Hitler and his paintings

A picture like "Night Sea" was painted by Adolf about a century ago. According to ITAR-TASS, it was sold at an auction in Slovakia for 32,000 euros. Yaroslav Krainak, a representative of the famous auction house Darte, said that it was put up for auction by a Slovak family who inherited it after the end of World War II.

In 2009 at an auction held in Shropshire (Englishcounty), 13 paintings were sold, which were painted by the Nazi dictator in a relatively early period. The total cost is £95,000.

Official Jefferys Auction

Most of the paintings were discovered in the attic of a house in the 80s in a town called Wuyi. According to family tradition, these paintings were left in a box by two French refugees who were returning home at the end of the war.

A Belgian pensioner thought a few thousand pounds wouldn't be too much, so she contacted the auction house. She asked to exhibit paintings (20 canvases) signed “A. Hitler , for sale.

The authorship of Adolf Hitler has not been definitely established to this day, since the Belgian experts who could confirm their authenticity in the 80s have long since died. What is clear is that the age of the paper supports the hypothesis of Hitler's authorship. Historians also confirm the fact that the Fuhrer at that time was close to the landscapes depicted in his paintings.

As a result, the auction house accepted all the paintings for sale. According to their calculations, the proceeds should have been 70 thousand pounds. But the auction brought in an amount more than 2 times higher than predicted - 176 thousand pounds. The most expensive watercolor was sold for £10,500 and the cheapest was £3,000.

Who buys A. Hitler's paintings?

It became known that the most money buyer is an anonymous Russianbusinessman. He purchased the painting for £10,500, which is 20,000 in dollars. Its name is "Church of Prez-au-Bois". Also, our businessman bought 4 more landscapes of the same series. All paintings are signed "A. Hitler.”

Painting by A. Hitler

In 1900, 11-year-old Adolf shocked his father by announcing that he wanted to become an artist. Alois (Hitler's father) dreamed that his son would become a major successful official, but young Adolf did not study well, he constantly received comments on discipline and behavior. Only drawing came easily to him.

After the death of his father, his mother Clara was left with 5 children, and later also found out that she was terminally ill. She allowed Adolf to enter the Academy of Arts in Vienna. He neglected the preparation for the entrance exams, which is why in 1907 he failed all the tasks. In order not to upset his dying mother, he lied about enrolling in the Art Academy.

After the death of his mother, Adolf moved to live with a friend. He was ashamed of his failure, so every day he walked the streets, admiring the urban architecture of Vienna.

In 1908, Hitler made his second attempt to enter the Academy of Arts. But the selection committee did not even look at his work. After that, Adolf fell into a depression and found himself with the tramps.

In 1910, Hitler accidentally met R. Ganish and told him that he was good at drawing. Reingold misunderstood him, mistaking Adolf for a simple house painter. Subsequently, after seeing the paintings of Adolf Hitler (photos of which are presentedbelow), offered to start a joint business. After that, he began to paint city buildings, landscapes on canvases, the size of which was no larger than postcards. And Reingold successfully sold them for 20 crowns in hotels and taverns. Later, when Adolf moved to Munich, his paintings began to sell more, bringing him an income already above average.

The second stage of Hitler's creativity

He came when Adolf was at the front. Hitler painted buildings that had been destroyed by bombing. It is noteworthy that images of people during this period of time are almost completely absent in his work.

In total, 3400 canvases came out from under his brush, most of which were painted on the front. However, for a number of moral reasons, most expert artists express doubts about the authenticity of the paintings. Professional critics are unanimous in their opinion regarding the absence of any artistic value of these canvases. However, many, in spite of everything, recognize the correct observance of the basic artistic principles and techniques.

Only Doug Harvey got access to all 4 classified canvases painted by Adolf Hitler. The paintings were studied by him in great detail, after which he published several articles on his work. There, the position of professional art historians and critics regarding the work of the Fuhrer is clearly indicated. In an interview for The New York Times, Harvey said that when talking about Hitler's paintings, the priests are filled with contempt, as if recognition of virtuoso abilitiesNazi dictator can justify the Holocaust.

Adolf Hitler: paintings today

At the moment, anyone can enjoy his paintings. This became possible due to the fact that most of them are presented in Internet galleries. Visitors to such sites leave very conflicting reviews, but still many say that Adolf Hitler, whose paintings delight, surprise, excite the mind, could become a good artist. Some make bold assumptions that if Adolf had been admitted to the Academy of Arts, then, for sure, this would have changed the course of history, there might not have been a war.

In 2006, the Jefferys auction was held in the UK, where a number of works by emerging artists were exhibited, among which was Adolf Hitler (his paintings are presented below).

Most of the paintings, watercolors of Adolf are now located in the classified safes of the US Army Military History Center. They got there after the end of the war from the collection of the German photographer G. Hoffmann, where they have been since the beginning of the 20s. Only a few art experts have access to them. It was customary never to publish them, as they are extremely dangerous.

How many works by Hitler?

A large number of paintings are now, as a rule, in private collections, which is why the exact number of paintings by Hitler is still unknown. According to art historians, their approximate number is 3400.

In the USA in 2002 was organizeda major exhibition of works by Adolf Hitler and other German artists of those times.

Names of Hitler's paintings

He dedicated 20 paintings to the theme of nature, namely:

• "In the mountains".
• "Peasant House by the Bridge".
• Village Road.
• "House in the mountains".
• "Country road to Linz", etc.

Urban landscapes captured in the following pictures:

• "Karl's Church".
• "Bridge".
• "New Market Square in Vienna", etc.

Despite the fact that Adolf did not like to draw people, the following portraits came out from under his brush:

• "Mother and Child".
• Eva Braun.
• Charlotte Lobjoie (his mistress, who gave birth to his son), etc.

Still lifes were also on the list of paintings that Hitler painted. The paintings mainly depicted flowers standing in a vase.

There were a lot of those dedicated to the interior:

• "Kitchen".
• "Living Room".
• Dining Room and others

From animals, he preferred to draw dogs.

The paintings he painted during the First World War are highly valued, namely:

• "Ruins".
• "Dugout at Fourne".
• "German infantrymen playing checkers in the trenches", etc.

Among his works you can see monumental buildings, such as:

• "Church".
• Eisenstadt.
• Vienna Opera.
• "Cityscape".
• "Palace".
• "Corner of Munich".
• "Lemberg Castle".
• Rotterdam Cathedral.
• "Werder Gate" andothers

Palace of German Art

This is an exhibition hall that appeared in Munich. It regularly showed new paintings. The glass palace was built shortly after the end of the First World War. Even then, Hitler was planning to build an art museum, which was supposed to be more beautiful, more grandiose than before. In 1933, the builders laid the foundation stone for the exhibition gallery, which was called the Palace of German Art.

Adolf Hitler, together with the largest architect Ludwig Troost, developed a plan for the construction of the palace. Already in 1937, an exhibition gallery was opened. The very first exhibition was opened by Adolf Hitler. The paintings sent by the German artists did not all get there, but only those that the Fuhrer liked. Many German painters painted in the unacceptable Jewish manner that developed in the post-war period.

To highlight the obvious difference, Adolf organized another exhibition nearby called "Degenerate Art". And so the paintings written in the Jewish manner found their place. Visitors and artists had the opportunity to evaluate and compare the works of the 1st and 2nd exhibitions, and then form their own opinion about what they saw. To be sure, most agreed that Hitler was right not to purchase these paintings.

Conclusion

The article described the work of the Fuhrer, as well as Hitler's paintings (with names). The creative path that Adolf Hitler overcame is slightly described. Paintings ("Night Sea" and 13 more canvases) were sold for a decent amount. Under Hitler, the Palace of German Art was erected.