The following excerpts are taken from my recent book Adolf: Artist & Antinomian. After learning today that the book has generated a little bit of interest in Europe, I decided to create a post featuring one of Hitler’s paintings. This particular painting is called Vienna State Opera House, and was painted by Hitler in 1912 (he would’ve been 22-23 years of age).
“His very logical mind is made manifest in the artistic works. This was not a painter who was interested in creating unrealistic art, like most of the world’s artists. In Hitler’s work, reality is depicted with the utmost precision. Self-discipline and self-control proudly radiate from his pieces, as if the pieces were perfect, infallible, unrivaled, exemplary, the highest in quality. Hitler was not a dreamer, he was no impressionist, he painted nothing abstract. He painted what he saw in literal fashion. This was a literal mind, a better artist than a van Gogh. One needs merely to read Mein Kampf (My Struggle, written at age 36) to witness Hitler’s genius. He was a genius, a thinker, a rational mind, a great intellect, a highly intelligent man. Hitler epitomized the truth that a genius can have all the wrong ideas, be totally immoral, and purely evil.
“Hitler had failed the entrance exam at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and was rejected twice by this institute (1907 and 1908). He would’ve been ages 17-19. The school noticed, and complimented, his architectural skills, but did not deem him fit as an artist. The fact that he wanted to be a professional painter must not be overlooked, nor suppressed. This is what he wanted to do with his life. All of his hope, and all of his ambition, were aimed towards this dream. The last time he painted was when he was 25, while he served in WW1. Some scholars believe Hitler only painted about 300 works, whereas there are those who believe he painted over 1,000 works. The U.S. government is still in possession of a number of his paintings, and will not allow them to be exhibited.”
Notice that he was rejected as an artist by the “experts” because his art was too real. There is something to be said about that, for our world loves its fantasy.
Adolf: Artist & Antinomian is available here:
https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B07FPX812S?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true
& here:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/adolf-brandon-r-burdette/1129039200?ean=9781722362744