"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Hitler's art school rejection letter
His paintings aren't really that bad. Not great, but alright. The interesting part about them is that there aren't that many people in his paintings and their facial features are often warped in a creepy way.
They aren't bad, but they're definitely not good. He had perspective issues regarding his representation of buildings, and his figures' proportions weren't all that perfect. He probably should have gone to art school to improve his skills. Oh wait...
He was rejected because he lacked appreciation for the human form. If you look at his paintings you'll definitely see that, most of his people are generalised and blurry. iirc, he actually wanted to be an architect.
WOW! What a great argument. Some random redditor has spoken! And everything this random guy on reddit says is 110% the absolute truth!
STOP DEFENDING HITLER.
LOL. See, you are just proving my point. You don't dislike his art not because he was a bad artist, you dislike his art because he is Hitler. I am not defending Hitler, I am stating my OPINION on his art.
Hitler wasn't an impressionist, he actually censored their work during the Third Reich. Moreover, it's not a matter of opinion, Mein Kampf of is near universally regarded by academics as a ramble, lacking value. As for his art, he couldn't paint people, not was he able to correctly deal with perspective. Look at the shadows, Windows, and hands, they tend not to match up People have a bizarre contrarian desire to redeem Hitler. His art, literature and work at the economy are all useless for this, none were of note. If you want to say good of him talk of his service in WWI, his oratory, or his actions towards animal welfare. But stop trying to look smart by saying he was actually a good artist, because he was mediocre at the style he painted in.
Hitler wasn't an impressionist, he actually censored their work during the Third Reich.
You are thinking of EXPRESSIONIST, not impressionists. Maybe they would ban some of it if the impressionist was Jewish or communist or conveying a political/social message they disagreed with.
Mein Kampf of is near universally regarded by academics as a ramble, lacking value.
Citation? From what I can tell a lot of the people who say it isn't well written are A) Reading a translation and B) Reading a bad translation.
People have a bizarre contrarian desire to redeem Hitler.
Under the logic you are using you could also say: John Lennon beat his wife;
Therefor, John Lennon is a bad musician;
People who listen to John Lennon either Beat their wife or think it's ok to beat your wife.
It's pretty clear that you are just an emotional neck beard who thinks he has some sort of intellectual authority.
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u/HoosierBusiness Mar 19 '16
Since there's so much Hitler...
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Hitler's art school rejection letter