Kazimiera
03-24-2015, 08:12 PM
Bidding for watercolour painted by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler to begin at £20k
Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/565885/Adolf-Hitler-still-life-flower-painting-auction-Nazi-Germany
A STILL life painted by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler is to be auctioned off this week.
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The 1912 painting of flowers in a pitcher will be available to bid on this Thursday – although it is unclear who would buy art by one of the most evil men in history.
The small watercolour, painted when Hitler was 24 or 25 years old, is considered unusual as the bulk of his work focused on landscapes and architecture.
Austrian-born Hitler started painting in 1908 as an 18-year-old, having moved from Linz to capital Vienna with dreams of becoming an artist.
It was while he was living in Vienna he became an anti-Semite, according to his autobiography Mein Kampf, meaning My Struggle.
Los Angeles-based Nate D. Sanders is auctioning off the watercolour and previously auctioned off signed volumes of Mein Kampf inscribed to future SS leader Jose Bauer – which sold for an impressive $64,850 (£43,400) in February 2014.
An auctioneer from Nate D. Sanders, said: "Hitler is a despicable figure, but I think his items should be in the public consciousness and not ignored or destroyed.
"Items from his early days in Vienna are especially interesting because they shed some light on the desperate life he led, even at times homeless, trying to eke out a living selling paintings and drawings.
"This painting also shows the kindness a Jewish art gallery owner showed him."
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Adolf Hitler was living in Vienna at the time
Hitler was twice rejected by the Vienna Academy of Art but, ironically, Jewish art dealer Samuel Morgenstern believed in the young Austrian’s talents and sold several of his paintings to wealthy Viennese Jewish clients from 1911.
The Nazis later seized Morgenstern’s gallery and deported him to the Lodz Ghetto where he died in 1943.
The last Hitler painting to sell at auction was an architectural watercolour of Munich Hall, which sold last year for $161,000 (£107,800).
Bidding for the watercolour on Thursday, in LA and online, begins at $30,000 (£20,000).
Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/565885/Adolf-Hitler-still-life-flower-painting-auction-Nazi-Germany
A STILL life painted by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler is to be auctioned off this week.
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/Adolf-Hitler-painting-565885.jpg
The 1912 painting of flowers in a pitcher will be available to bid on this Thursday – although it is unclear who would buy art by one of the most evil men in history.
The small watercolour, painted when Hitler was 24 or 25 years old, is considered unusual as the bulk of his work focused on landscapes and architecture.
Austrian-born Hitler started painting in 1908 as an 18-year-old, having moved from Linz to capital Vienna with dreams of becoming an artist.
It was while he was living in Vienna he became an anti-Semite, according to his autobiography Mein Kampf, meaning My Struggle.
Los Angeles-based Nate D. Sanders is auctioning off the watercolour and previously auctioned off signed volumes of Mein Kampf inscribed to future SS leader Jose Bauer – which sold for an impressive $64,850 (£43,400) in February 2014.
An auctioneer from Nate D. Sanders, said: "Hitler is a despicable figure, but I think his items should be in the public consciousness and not ignored or destroyed.
"Items from his early days in Vienna are especially interesting because they shed some light on the desperate life he led, even at times homeless, trying to eke out a living selling paintings and drawings.
"This painting also shows the kindness a Jewish art gallery owner showed him."
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/secondary/Adolf-Hitler-flower-painting-268170.jpg
Adolf Hitler was living in Vienna at the time
Hitler was twice rejected by the Vienna Academy of Art but, ironically, Jewish art dealer Samuel Morgenstern believed in the young Austrian’s talents and sold several of his paintings to wealthy Viennese Jewish clients from 1911.
The Nazis later seized Morgenstern’s gallery and deported him to the Lodz Ghetto where he died in 1943.
The last Hitler painting to sell at auction was an architectural watercolour of Munich Hall, which sold last year for $161,000 (£107,800).
Bidding for the watercolour on Thursday, in LA and online, begins at $30,000 (£20,000).