Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945, was a painter in his youth. While living in Vienna between 1908 and 1913, Hitler worked as a professional artist and produced hundreds of works, to little commercial or critical success. Find more prominent pieces of religious painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.Tree at a Track • 1911. Standesamt München - Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party in Germany in the years leading up to and during World War II, was also a painter. He produced hundreds of works and sold his paintings and postcards to try to earn a living during his Vienna years (1908-13). How Hitler and the Nazis defamed art. Before he was a dictator, Adolf Hitler was a painter. The "Führer" categorized works of art according to his personal taste. Works he hated were branded "degenerate art" and removed from museums. Hitler in an Art Museum. Copy of painting of Adolf Hitler from the book Adolf Hitler--Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuehrers.Artist: B von Jacobs. The Courtyard of the Old Residenz in Munich', 1914. Adolf Hitler often claimed to be a frustrated artist, and art was one of his major interests... Adolf Hitler desperately wanted to be a painter but failed twice to get admission into arts academy. However, he didn't stop there, he started drawing paintings and tried to sell them solely, his financial resources were exhausted for some time. Painting of Adolf Hitler In his 1925 autobiography, Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler recounted his youthful aspiration to become a professional artist. However, his dreams were dashed when he failed the entrance exam for the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Despite his lack of talent, Hitler remained enthusiastic about painting as a hobby and considered himself a bit of an expert on the subject. HitlerArt Display Adolf Hitler’s watercolors, paintbrushes, sketchbooks, drafting tools, and watercolors in various stages of completion. What he is less know for is perhaps his love of art, and painting. Hitler produced hundreds of works (approximately 2,000 works have been said to have painted), and sold his paintings, and postcards to try to earn a living during his Vienna years (1908-13). These illustrations of Hitler’s art are taken from a coffee table book on Hitler published during the Third Reich, several million copies of which were printed and from a 1935 set of prints published by Heinrich Hoffmann. There are a lot of fake Hitler paintings. This is one of two watercolor paintings found in the cellar of an Iranian semi-public foundation and attributed to Adolf Hitler. The two small works of art were painted in Vienna in 1911 or 1912 when the future head of the Nazi regime was seeking an artistic career. Adolf Hitler depictions in art and painting. From left to right: in white Hermann Goering, Generalfeldmarschall Keitel, Hitler and Generalfeldmarschall von Brauchitsch. Stock Photo.