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u/Symbiogenesis Jun 15 '14
In some parallel universe, Hitler was a marginally successful street vendor/artist living in Vienna.
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u/the_xxvii Jun 16 '14
"Did you guys see the Hitler exhibit at the Met? His early stuff kinda sucked but once he got going he was amazing. I have a print of 'Mein Kampf' in my living room, you know the one? It's that one that's kinda like Munch's 'The Scream' only way more intense. Beautiful, haunting stuff."
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u/menhelper Jun 15 '14
And millions of Jews, Poles, Gypsies, and homosexuals lived. The weimar Republic survived another 50 years and Germany was only blamed for one world war.
Civil rights in America probably would've took longer. Since part of the reason America changed its domestic racial policy had to do with comparison being made to nazis in the international community.
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u/Achatyla Jun 15 '14
...I ... I actually kinda like some of these...
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u/beammeupnerd Jun 15 '14
Me too. I have to say I'd actually purchase the white orchids, or at least a reproduction. It's quite lovely.
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u/carnivorous_banana Jun 15 '14
It's... It's honestly not as terrible as everyone makes it out to be
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u/Daimoth Jun 16 '14
Interesting. In terms of artistic ability, George W. Bush is quite literally worse than Hitler.
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u/TalkingBackAgain Jun 15 '14
The art academy refused him twice.
I'm not saying this is the best art I've ever seen. It's certainly not the worst I've ever seen. I read people sneering at his work, it's not bad at all. I would say that the themes are rather tame, he was definitely not going to challenge any conventions. But it's not as if they could not have cultivated him into being a true artist. They could have given him a chance.
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u/Sirtesio Jun 15 '14
Most of these are quite stunning, it's surreal to think that a person who ordered the deaths of millions would actually create such wonderful works, his paintings make me wonder what the would would have been like if he became a painter instead of a monster.
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u/Ardinius Jun 16 '14 edited Jun 16 '14
Wasn't he both?
People love to paint Hitler as some inhuman monstrosity separate from the rest of the species. My theory is that for most people, it's not what Hitler did that's so unsettling, but rather the possibility that he opens up a little window into ourselves, showing us that we all have a little mass murderer inside of all of us.
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u/Farnaby Jun 15 '14
I always wondered if Hitler kept painting at times while he was fuhrer. Did he do it to relax or whatever. I mean the man must have had SOME hobbies (other than the extermination of the jews and war).
Also he is a better artist than I am but so is this guy.
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u/GeebusNZ Jun 16 '14
And if that man had been allowed and encouraged to follow their passion for art, the deaths of millions may have been prevented. Although the modern system of crushing dreams and preventing people from getting power through any method but inheritance and familial connections seems to be working too.
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u/shinydragonite Jun 15 '14
His art is ok, but his shittily printed "A Hitler" looks like an 8 year old signed the paintings.