Hitler's watercolor painting, one worth 1.3 million, netizen: a painter who was delayed by the war
Life is full of any possibility, most people later live into the unexpected self, from the initial dream of a hundred and eighteen thousand miles, even if as powerful as Hitler is no exception, in people's impression, he is the executioner of World War II, is a murderous demon without blinking, in fact, at the beginning of life, he is just an artistic youth with a painter's dream. Even in 1939, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II, Hitler told the British ambassador: "I am an artist, not a politician." Once the Polish problem is resolved, I hope to end up as an artist. ”
Hitler self-portrait
In elementary school, Hitler was a young boy who was obsessed with painting, and he hoped to become a famous painter. His father was a civil servant and very strong, and when hitler was in junior high school, he was faced with the choice of department, and he tended to rely on art to eat in the classical class, while his father insisted that he choose the technical class. A few years later, when his father died, Hitler's dream of being a painter was revived, and he persuaded his mother to drop out of junior high school and study painting at a private art school in Munich.
A year later, Hitler came to Vienna to apply for the Vienna Academy of Arts, and two consecutive defeats were undoubtedly a slap in the face for this frivolous and conceited teenager, and When Hitler recalled this memory, he commented that "the world must have suffered a great loss." If Hitler had been admitted, perhaps there would not have been a bad uncle who would have plagued the world.
At the darkest of Hitler's life, another blow followed, and soon his mother died, at the age of 18. When his mother spent almost all the money he had left, Hitler had to live on the streets, and from 1907 to 1913, he had to sell paintings on the streets, while also doing odd jobs, such as helping people move and sweeping snow.
The year 1913 was a turning point for Hitler, the beginning of his "blackening." He came to Munich that year, and although he still made a living selling paintings, he began to be dissatisfied with himself, during which time he often went to the library and read a lot of books on politics. In 1914, with the outbreak of World War I, the 25-year-old Hitler enlisted in the army and sold his first steps to becoming a politician. Hitler's transformation is also reflected in his paintings, before 1913, paintings were flowers, small towns and other bright and beautiful things, while after paintings are mostly post-war ruins, buildings, etc., heavy and dim.
Painted in 1914
Hitler had more than 2,000 works in his youth, and the paintings that circulated to the people have been auctioned in Europe in recent years, and although the starting price is not high, the final price is staggeringly high. In 2014, a watercolor painting by Hitler called "Munich Civil Register and Old Town Hall" was sold for 160,000 euros (about 1.3 million yuan), with Hitler's autograph on it, which is also the most valuable place, netizens have ridiculed: This is simply a painter who was delayed by the war!