Adolf Hitler: The Unknown Artist [Hardcover]

Billy F. Price (Author)

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Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 260 pages
• Publisher: Stephen Cook; English language ed edition (June 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0961289406
• ISBN-13: 978-0961289409
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #485,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compilation of Hitler's artistic works, March 19, 1998

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Mary Lou Derksen (South Dakota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adolf Hitler: The Unknown Artist (Hardcover)

Hitler was known to be a "frustrated artist." He tried to enter art school in Vienna but was turned down twice. Nevertheless, for many of his years in Vienna and for a number of months in Munich he supported himself by painting postcards and other pictures. Over 600 of his paintings and sketches have survived and belong to various individuals around the world. Mr. Price has searched out these works and has photographed as many as he was allowed (which was most of them). These photographs are presented in this book. About 10 of them are presented in full color. The rest are presented in small black-and-white format with information listed as to what was written on the front and/or back of them, their size, what collection they belong to, etc.--as if in an art seller's catalogue. There is also a brief biography of Hitler. The books is most interesting, and one learns that perhaps Hitler was not as bad an artist as he is often portrayed!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Artistic Talent, Propaganda and Fate, April 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Adolf Hitler: The Unknown Artist (Hardcover)

While a few of the paintings in this book have supposedly beenproven to be forgeries, the majority have been proven to have been thework of Adolf Hitler. Billy Price, the author, has also stated that after the book was printed, he was contacted by several people who posessed verifiable paintings of equal quality.

This book has not one word of praise for Adolf Hitler nor any of his artwork. It is simply a listing of the art works in known existence. Yet, the first printing, which is a German language version, was confiscated by the German government. This book, which is the English language version, is actually the second printing.

During World War Two, the German propaganda machine generated many lies about our leaders. Churchill and Roosevelt were the butts of many jokes in Germany. We, the Allies, claimed that Hilter was a "house painter." Indeed, his favorite subjects were buildings. Therefore, we only lied a little.

When Hitler had applied to the art school in Vienna, he was turned down. They did recommend that he become an architect since he enjoyed painting buildings. Unfortunately, he had dropped out of school when his father had died and was not qualified for entry into architect's school. So, he went into politics instead. Imagine how different the history of the twentieth century would have been had they accepted him into the art school.

Over all, I rate this book very highly. How can anyone understand the personality behind the Adolf Hitler myth without seeing his artwork. END

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and revealing of the man, November 30, 1998

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Backyard Bob "books1357" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adolf Hitler: The Unknown Artist (Hardcover)

The book is well done and Hitler's work from sketches to oil painting is much better than I had expected. Most interesting is his paintings of great old buildings. This book certainly shatters the myth that Hitler was a terrible artist and the crude distortion that he was a "house painter."