Hitler in the Louvre?
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From what I've been able to piece together very casually, Hitler's artistic talents were nothing to speak about in terms of landscapes or portraiture--at least not without major, major coaching/schooling. I recall reading that he tried to secure a position as what we'd call a drafter or designer in today's terms with many Viennese architectural firms, to no avail. Perhaps had he tried elsewhere in a lesser city in either Germay or Austria he might have gotten such a position after all. Had that happened, he might have had a career of some modest note--and would likely be no more than a minor footnote to 20th century architectural history at best.
At best, his prints could be found over the mantles of boring German lower middle class homes.
Valdemar II
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No if Hitler managed to enter the Academy, he would likely have ended up a small time painter, could he has lived of it; quite likely, would he become rich and famous, unless he shows a excessive latent talent; no. So likely Hitler would be unknown today.
Dr. Strangelove
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I can tell you he would not be in the Louvre, since it only houses art produced until 1848.
Someday I will start that old project of mine of Hitler meeting and befriending Walter Gropius in the trenches, entering the Bauhaus as a student and becoming a respected modern architect...
Someday I will start that old project of mine of Hitler meeting and befriending Walter Gropius in the trenches, entering the Bauhaus as a student and becoming a respected modern architect...
In an "Alternate Hitlers" thread I supposed a case of Hitler becoming an architect of some renown best known for a neoclassical/futurist style that used forced perspective lines to make buildings look larger and more imposing.
His artwork was mediocre at best, but the telling thing is the typical subject: architecture, typically greatly exaggerated in scale.
His artwork was mediocre at best, but the telling thing is the typical subject: architecture, typically greatly exaggerated in scale.
Here's another ATL for you(actually the book "La part de l'autre" by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt): On the 8th of October 1908 Adolf Hitler passes the entry exams and is admitted to the Vienna Art Academy . Actually failing the exams is the start of Adolf's OTL
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Hitler was a mediocre provincial landscape painter who couldn't do perspective properly. The chances of him achieving any spectacular greatness in painting are slightly less than bugger-all.
With training, he might have been able to make a comfortable living out of it for himself and achieve a decent basic standard of painting. But nothing else.
With training, he might have been able to make a comfortable living out of it for himself and achieve a decent basic standard of painting. But nothing else.
I gather that, whilst he could do landscapes and scenery very well, human people were entirely beyond his talents...
Sorry, but when I saw the title all I could think was, how? With his head on the wall? I suppose if he was a little more arrogant, or he installed one of his suck-ups in the Louvre his paintings might go up, he had the power certainly.
Here's a link if you want a look at some.
http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/hitlerpaintings.htm
Here's a link if you want a look at some.
http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/hitlerpaintings.htm
Churchill had artistic skills? Well, you learn something new everyday...