Vladimir Putin

**Greyblades** · 04-06-2014, 06:30

Originally Posted by Husar

I prefer Hitler's paintings, they also look better.

http://www.socialphy.com/posts/art/8...Paintings.html

...vienna's fine arts academy rejected that? Jesus what did you need to do to get in, fully depict each ass hair of every rat in the gutters of a 30 ft square depiction of the entire florentine skyline?

Of course I also admire his intelligence, wit, humor and how he had this realistic self-image and stayed down-to-earth-genuine in his ways.
Just too bad that he was later blamed for starting a war when he was merely trying to stem the tides as the head of a genuinely evil administration that really thought it was doing the right thing though...

Should have mentioned the drugs, nothing pushes up a hitler sympathy diatribe better than noting the coctail of mind altering drugs hitler's doctors used to keep him "healthy".

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 04-06-2014, 13:28

Originally Posted by Greyblades

...vienna's fine arts academy rejected that? Jesus what did you need to do to get in, fully depict each ass hair of every rat in the gutters of a 30 ft square depiction of the entire florentine skyline?

Should have mentioned the drugs, nothing pushes up a hitler sympathy diatribe better than noting the coctail of mind altering drugs hitler's doctors used to keep him "healthy".

If I recall, they said he was technically competent, but lacking individual style - they felt his work was merely derivative. According to his grandchildren, he used to go on big rants about how rubbish the impressionist masters were.

**Brenus** · 04-06-2014, 13:33

"According to his grandchildren" You lost me here. Whose grand-children? Hitler's?

**drone** · 04-06-2014, 13:44

Originally Posted by Brenus

"According to his grandchildren" You lost me here. Whose grand-children? Hitler's?

They lived in Brazil for a while.

**HoreTore** · 04-06-2014, 17:22

Originally Posted by Greyblades

...vienna's fine arts academy rejected that? Jesus what did you need to do to get in, fully depict each ass hair of every rat in the gutters of a 30 ft square depiction of the entire florentine skyline?

Take a look at the proportions(which is what an art academy cares about).

**Sarmatian** · 04-06-2014, 17:27

Originally Posted by HoreTore

Take a look at the proportions(which is what an art academy cares about).

Art is definitely not my forte. What's so wrong with proportions?

To me, they just look somehow lifeless.

**Beskar** · 04-06-2014, 18:35

Some of the art back that was really horribly done. I cannot name the piece, but I remember it being done around the early 1900s which is meant to be describing Urban life and it looks like it was drawn by a 8 year old. This is remembering from over 10 years ago in GCSE History.

**HoreTore** · 04-06-2014, 18:59

Originally Posted by Sarmatian

Art is definitely not my forte. What's so wrong with proportions?

To me, they just look somehow lifeless.

Well, take a look at the building on the right on the third painting: the length between the windows and the roof decreases way too rapidly. There are problems with depth in all of those paintings.

Nothing I would care much about, but it was a focus in arts academies of the day.

That's not to say that he was rubbish, of course. There were loads more painters back then than we have now, all trying to get into these academies. It's comparable to the guitarists of today: most good guitarists will never become famous, there are simply too many good ones.

**Sarmatian** · 04-06-2014, 19:15

Originally Posted by HoreTore

Well, take a look at the building on the right on the third painting: the length between the windows and the roof decreases way too rapidly. There are problems with depth in all of those paintings.

Nothing I would care much about, but it was a focus in arts academies of the day.

That's not to say that he was rubbish, of course. There were loads more painters back then than we have now, all trying to get into these academies. It's comparable to the guitarists of today: most good guitarists will never become famous, there are simply too many good ones.

I think that's got more to do with the angle of the shadow, but I see your point...

Thinking about Hitler and art academy always make me wonder if history of the world would be vastly different if he was accepted...

**HoreTore** · 04-06-2014, 21:03

Originally Posted by Sarmatian

I think that's got more to do with the angle of the shadow, but I see your point...

I am far from an arts critic, but that was the answer I got when I asked one...

**Tuuvi** · 04-10-2014, 06:03

I would love to own one of Hitler's paintings and hang it up on my wall, then if somebody ever asks me about it I can say "oh that one? that's an Adolf Hitler".