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Just surfing along the web I reached this site where I was amazed to find that a much hated man of the 20th century was an artist. I am posting on of his paintings which is pretty neat.
Please do not read anything unnecessary in this post.
I was just wondering if history would have been somewhat different if he had used XaraX. Then maybe he wouldn't have had to think of anything else!
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Just surfing along the web I reached this site where I was amazed to find that a much hated man of the 20th century was an artist. I am posting on of his paintings which is pretty neat.
Please do not read anything unnecessary in this post.
I was just wondering if history would have been somewhat different if he had used XaraX. Then maybe he wouldn't have had to think of anything else!
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U sure that it was made by him and not a hoax, not doubting you, just being sure with the internet these days! Hard to believe anything good could have come from that man
Steve Newport
It is well known that Hitler dabbled in painting, so it's quite likely not a hoax. But it's not exactly a great painting either.
K
Well it just looks like a bunch of old dried up stuff to me, just like his ideas. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif[/img]
As a young man, A.H. was coming from his hometown to Vienna and tried to make a living as an artist.
He tried to go to academy several times but was never accepted due to lack of talent.
Some historians say, that this was the reason for his hate of establishment which leaded to what came afterwards.
Just imagine, if they let him go to academy, all he would have been was a bad painter and some bad parts of history would never have happened ...
If you like this idea (and who would not) I recommend a book I liked very much: "Making History" from Stephen Fry. Not exactly the same aproach, but a possible (though not better) setting what could have been without him.
Sorry for this lesson in history ...
Wolfgang
It's really to bad we can't see one of his current paintings, I always wondered what HELL looks like.
Well I found this pic at www.hitler.org
the berries in the foreground are particularly good...does it really matter who the artist is?before you pass comment on the work?
i get a feeling people are scared of complimenting adolf hitler on a beautiful painting. how sad that politics has filtered through
eric
Eric,
The painting just flat SUCKS, it's not the fact that he killed millions of innocent people (politics?), I just see no artistic ability in this crappy painting. Before you ask, could I do better? Maybe in painting No, as a human being, Yes! Personally, I think they should take all his artistry and print it to toilet paper. And it's pretty sad someone would even stick up for a monster like this. I hope SATAN uses him for target practice so he can die over and over and over and over ->to infinity. Geeze, I hope you don't think I'm being too harsh cuz I am holding back some of my truest feelings here.
(BTW, I'm of German desent)
Jeff
SOME of us DON'T believe in Satan and believe more in there simply are people that come into history that make the human race strive more for the better side of things. Hitler did just that as well as what's going on now. Earth is certainly NOT heaven, nor will it ever be, it is a place for all souls to learn their lessons and ascend to higher levels.
Hiltler may not have had a choice in what he did, maybe that was HIS role in the cosmic play we all call LIFE. Christianity loves to do the whole SATAN thing, but many religions and beliefs are not of that mind set. Mine is NOT!!!
As for the painting, I DO see talent, regardless of who did it. Painting dried arrangements are not uncommon and it does look dead and lifeless because it was probably in that state when he did the piece. Iv'e seen other pieces that he did that were lighter and airy and quite nice.
So political, relegious and artistic views aside, yes he was wrong in what he did, but I think he had talent, but sometimes it takes an imagination to see that, eh ; )
RAMWolff (German/Irish/Danish descent_in that order)
Sorry Stud,
My religious views are not up for debate and even if they were I wouldn't waste my time doing it in a Hitler post with you. Every living person makes choices. Hitler chose to murder. It was by no stretch of the imagine, however tortured one's mind might be, beyond his control. To think otherwise is simply pathetic and naive.
I'm gonna back out of this now. I've said my piece and also just because it's the right thing to do. Good luck with your situation.
Nuff Said
Jeff
Looks pretty good to me...
Tony
Setting aside who painted it, I rather like it. IMHO had any of us painted it and posted it - we'd likely be falling all over each other to comment nice supportive things. Problem is, I don't think we can seperate the artist from the art. Knowing the dark things that lurked in the artist's mind (and eventually spilled out with horrific consequences) makes it almost impossible to enjoy this piece objectively. To me the image is more important knowing who painted it. It can make us think about how we as individuals exercise our creativity.
What Hitler's painting does for me is reinforce my belief that we are all creative beings. Creativity is as much a part of being human as walking on two legs. It is awful that some humans (thankfully relatively few) turn their creativity towards hatred, domination, and terrorism.
Regards, Ross
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I am sorry but my basic aim of posting had been that probably we could discuss it rather than the man responsible for it. But I do appreciate that sometimes it is just not possible.
But hey would I be asking too much, if I asked how I can get a dull canvaslike finish as is seen in the painting in xara?
Uh?