three word wednesday
a very nice water colour
demonstrating talent
no doubt someone
who had a sense
of colour and design
a certain sensitivity
this may come as a surprise
the artist was one of the
most powerful depraved
cold mass murderers
in the history of the world
loves dogs and art
the world's great mass murderer
two sides of the coin
yes definitely two sides of the coin
ReplyDeleteEvil is not always easy to detect. The Chines have a saying:
ReplyDeleteBehind the face of the Buddha
Lies the heart of a scorpion
That's always been so hard to reconcile -- but I guess you can have both hate and technical ability in the same package. :( Just think how different world history would be if he'd succeeded as an artist.
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Anyway -- very nicely done -- I like how you've handled this prompt and how you've laid out your response.
Thanks. You know I have often thought about that. His rejection from the painting course he applied for at the Art Academy I thought was unfair....because he did have some merit as young painter. Those art teachers unwittingly probably changed the tide of history.
ReplyDeletePerhaps there is a Jekyll and Hyde in all of us. Sadly with the way Germany was treated at the end of the Great War and the turbulent politics ensuing, Corporal Hitler had an axe to grind helped by a disgruntled populace. However his painting would have probably been too traditional for the period.
ReplyDeleteHitler the painter. It just doesn't seem possible, does it?
ReplyDeleteWell I must say it came as a shock. Until recently we only saw his very mediocre work but now a book has been released with some good paintings. The very fact that one of the worlds mass murderers was a visual artist is a strange concept.
ReplyDeleteI think he was an insecure man who found power and identity through the terrible things he did...if only he'd just stuck to the painting
ReplyDeleteNot really a surprise. Many artists were (are) narcissistic. Adolf just more than most.
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