Hitler's artwork for sale.

• Sep 25, 2006

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A watercolour by Adolf Hitler has been sold at auction for £5,200 in Cornwall.
The picture of a German postman, painted by the future Nazi dictator in 1924, went under the hammer at Jefferys in Lostwithiel on Wednesday.
Auctions manager Ian Morris said the rare signed example of Hitler's early artistic career went to a private buyer from Lostwithiel.
The 7in by 6in drawing from Hitler's sketch book was sold by a collector from Torpoint.
He bought it from a friend of Otto Gunsche, Hitler's personal adjutant.
Hitler did hundreds of doodles and sketches, many of which are now museum pieces.

(BBC)

More watercolours:
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• Sep 25, 2006

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Matt308

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Ugh. Not bad. It galls me to have to give any complement here to that evil Ahole.

 

• Sep 25, 2006

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Go Cornwall

 

• Sep 25, 2006

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Impressive and sad that such a creative mind also could be so evil.

 

• Sep 25, 2006

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just seen on the news there's some theories they're fakes...........

 

• Sep 25, 2006

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the lancaster kicks *** said:

just seen on the news there's some theories they're fakes...........

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Oh interesting.

 

• Sep 25, 2006

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Henk

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Hitler a painter, oh my, I knew he designed stuff and wanted to be architect, but not a painter.

 

• Sep 25, 2006

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If it is his drawings it's pretty good. Though it can look like a little village hanging under a cloud waiting for a Blitz.

Maybe he should have animated himself in a respectful manner unlike Warner Bros. or Disney did to him.

 

• Sep 25, 2006

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May he rot in hell.

 

• Sep 25, 2006

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Honestly, I don't think that painting is all that good. The detail work and use of colors is not very appealing and kind of drab. With that kind of painting, I can see why he was rejected from the Vienna Art Academy. I guess it would have been better to have an art educated marginal painter than an angry, genocidal despot. Bring on the bad painters!

 

• Sep 26, 2006

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I agree actually...its not bad but nothing majorly brilliant.

 

• Sep 26, 2006

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no one ever said it was hence as evan said he was kicked out of the Vienna art academy and spent years as a poor, broken man............

also found out today someone had to be ejected from the auction as he was protesting against them being sold

 

• Sep 26, 2006

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I would have preferred that they burned them if they were real. After all they will probably end up in the lair of some nazi worshiper.

 

• Sep 27, 2006

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i don't see what the problem is, he wasn't even a Nazi when he painted them! they're not exactily making a political statement and don't stand for anything nasty..........

 

• Sep 27, 2006

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yeah, lanc is right

 

• Sep 27, 2006

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the lancaster kicks *** said:

i don't see what the problem is, he wasn't even a Nazi when he painted them! they're not exactily making a political statement and don't stand for anything nasty..........

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Oh yeah. He was writing Mein Kampf at the time.

Here's another.

 

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• Sep 27, 2006

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Its not what they are thats the problem, its who did them. Unfortunately there are a lot of people out there who will revere them for this and not the fact that they are pretty average watercolours.

 

• Sep 27, 2006

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They would be worthless if they were done by anyone else. It's the signature, not the painting in these cases.

 

• Sep 27, 2006

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evangilder said:

They would be worthless if they were done by anyone else. It's the signature, not the painting in these cases.

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Agreed. However the one I posted above is a little more than average. Damn good if you ask me. Ever try to paint with watercolor? Above my skill level.

 

• Sep 27, 2006

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That other one looks pretty good...and yes, watercolour is really pretty hard.

Destroyed? Nah, I think there an intersting piece of History...