What do professional artists think was technically wrong with Hitler's artwork? He must have been declined admission to Vienna's Art Academy for a reason.
When it comes to art, our judgements are largely subjective. It is hard to think about Hitler’s artwork without thinking of Hitler’s ideology and his deeds.But if we can pretend that some anonymous painter had made them, we can be dispassionate.I think it is technically very good. The Vienna Opera House is realistically rendered, and the pedestrians are well done.My understanding is that the Art Academy did not like it because it was pedestrian and unoriginal. Hitler did not have his distinct style the way Vincent van Gogh (for example) had. They thought that he clearly knew his draughtsmanship, but he did not have the soul, so to speak. They thought he should become an architect, not a painter.Another factor (speculatively) is that the Academy was class-conscious and Hitler wasn’t from the right social circles to be given special consideration.I think they made a mistake. I think the person who painted this had potential. Also that good draughtsmanship is nothing to sneeze at.I think the Academy was being prejudiced. Believe it or not, the French painter Millet was once considered a radical because he painted ordinary women working in a field. Critics had their prejudices about what a painting ought to be about, and overlooked Millet, and many other painters, who didn’t give them what they expected.The Academy, in rejecting Hitler for being too architectural, was showing a similar prejudiceKnowing that Adolf Hitler is the one who painted this, we wish the Academy had changed its mind for pragmatic reasons. Perhaps if Hitler had become an artist, he might never have committed the Holocaust.For more information on Hitler’s artistic works, see Paintings by Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia
Why was Adolf Hitler rejected from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna?
because he wasn't a very good artist.This one is particularly banal-- just look at those windows, yecch.this one is alright, but nothing new.and this one is... kinda lumpy. This might be his best, but it was sold in 1908.But isn't there something off about all of them? He sees beauty, he tries to capture beauty, but he can't, because he doesn't understand it. Hitler just didn't have the heart of an artist.
Would anything have changed if Hitler had been accepted at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts?
I think that a great deal of hardship, suffering and terror would have been avoided. His force of personality and skill as an orator certainly helped vaunt the Nazis into power. Some time ago I thought about this same question and wrote the following response.Dear Art School Admissions CommitteeI am writing to you from a future that has witnessed the most destructive war in the history of humanity - World War Two (1939-1945). The chief driver in the European Front of this war was an individual who is currently applying to your art school. His name is Adolph Hitler. While I understand that his work may not be up to the high levels that you demand the consequence of you rejecting him will likely set in motion a series of events which will culminate in the death of tens of million people worldwide and an untold magnitude of destruction.Hitler is a great orator but he is a tormented soul (which will be further embittered by a rejection from your school). He will take his gift of speaking to the beer halls and streets fermenting a hatred that will transform into a powerful movement known as the National Socialist Workers Party (Nazi). In a deteriorating economy the Nazis will gain enough of the popular vote to take power in Germany and then using the mechanism of government will transform the country into a Totalitarian State that will crush dissent, imprison critics, ban unions and implement a policy of racial genocide based on pseudo-scientific and race directed reasoning.His desire to obtain Lebensraum will force Germany into an unnecessary war that will devastate your country and indirectly lead to the strengthening of another totalitarian system in Europe (Marxist-Leninism) that will further crush individual freedom for years to come.You have within you the power to stop this train wreck of events by admitting Herr Hitler to your school, allow him to focus his energy on his art, sooth his soul (or at the very least try) and perhaps save Europe and the rest of the world a bloodshed of unparalled intensity.Please consider his application very carefully in this regard. As proof of my future presence I include an old Iphone, a piece of technology that people in the year 2016 use to communicate with.Thank YouYours faithfullyGavin Kanowitz (one of the lucky ones
Do most college professors accept late work?
Generally not unless you've got a really good reason for being late. By good reason, I mean serious illness, death in the family, military service, something like that. And be prepared to prove it to your professor. When I have students miss an exam or try to turn a paper in late, I require proof - a doctor's note, obituary, etc. I've been burned too many times by students claiming to be sick when they are really on vacation (hint... do not call your professor from your Disney hotel in Orlando to say you are sick in bed in Miami... caller ID *will* give you away... and yes, this is a real example!) You need to realize that to a college professor, you (the student) are an adult. And you will be treated as an adult. In the working world, if your boss asks you to draft a memo and have it on her desk by noon, you'll be in major trouble if you don't get it drafted until 4pm. Same with assignments - you'll generally know the due dates on the first day of class (check your syllabus!) so the excuse "I didn't know it was due today," or "I had an exam in another class to study for last night" will not go over very well. All this being said, most professors are not unreasonable. If you do have a good excuse for being late, most of us will work with you. Our goal is not to fail you but to help you learn... and maybe part of what you are learning is how to be responsible.
What would happen, if Hitler chose to be a painter?
Hitler had initially wanted to be an artist but he was rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Art as unfit for admission on several occasions. His work, though technically competent, was sterile and curiously his cityscapes were almost always devoid of people. They suggested he try architecture, though his lack of a higher education precluded this.However if you’re asking to speculate what the world would’ve been like had Hitler never become leader of the Nazi party and subsequently created the Third Reich, then that is in the realm of unknowables. Suffice it to say that many millions who died would’ve lived, that many alive today would never have been born(myself included) and that the world would be a vastly and likely inconceivably different place than it is today.