I looked it up, he was 23 at the time of that one (give or take a year, as I just went by year of painting/birth.) Sounds like he'd only been officially studying art for five years or so. Also poor and largely homeless at the time, it seems, which I bring up because he probably wasn't practicing art full time.
Right? There are issues with it, absolutely. It's a lot better than I can do, not that that should be any measurement for art. But, more importantly...despite its flaws, it does capture a feeling, and that's one of the big requirements for art. For all the focus on Hitler's issues with perspective and the like, in my opinion the people exude a certain feel, and the whole image is impactful.
Honestly, never really looked at any of his art before. If you'd just listened to the narrative, you'd think his art was a joke. It's not. Looking at some of his other stuff, it's the same kind of thing; imperfect, but captures a feel. Honestly, it's pretty good. Especially when you consider that a lot of the masterpieces are also flawed in some way.
Hitler did good art. Again, as you say, probably not great, but good. It's actually quite evocative, especially when compared to what you'd think a Mustache Man painting would look like based on popular description.
It's amazing how ideologically captured these people are. That dude whining about people thinking the art is good probably thinks all those people are Nazis. Are some? Almost certainly. All? No. That's just good art. Better than plenty. Definitively 'above average'...which is again a terrible measurement because average sucks ass. Seriously, a lot of his art is quite evocative.
Also, I looked it up, and nearly choked at the irony. Here's what good ol' Wikipedia has to say:
General opinion of his works is overwhelmingly negative; they have been described as cold and unfeeling, with many arguing that Hitler had some talent as an architect, but was lacking when describing natural elements such as trees or people.
I'd flip most of that. But hey, what do I know? Sure, the people aren't that detailed, but it fits the piece, and plenty of art from a distance isn't detailed. The people still bring that life to the painting. It's good art, I like it.
Also, there's people out there who want to find and destroy all of Hitler's art.
I despise all of these people. They're so bent on 'pwning Hitler' (who is dead and already regarded as one of the most evil and hated men in history), they'll deny reality and lie. Then again, they'll do that toward forwarding their other goals too. Also, I've seen people calling him a lazy loser, and his failures all being his fault, and that's he an incel radical. I wonder if they apply the same level of scrutiny to someone like Marx's pathetic life.
It reminds me of the reaction to Ben Shapiro's rap thingy. I don't like rap. I don't like Ben Shapiro. But is that song he collaborated on the WORST SONG OF ALL TIME?
It is a good painting. Is it great? Probably not.
I mean how old was he when he painted it?
Comparing it to masters that have been painting all day every day for 40+ years is unfair. And we often see only the finest works of said masters.
I looked it up, he was 23 at the time of that one (give or take a year, as I just went by year of painting/birth.) Sounds like he'd only been officially studying art for five years or so. Also poor and largely homeless at the time, it seems, which I bring up because he probably wasn't practicing art full time.
Right? There are issues with it, absolutely. It's a lot better than I can do, not that that should be any measurement for art. But, more importantly...despite its flaws, it does capture a feeling, and that's one of the big requirements for art. For all the focus on Hitler's issues with perspective and the like, in my opinion the people exude a certain feel, and the whole image is impactful.
Honestly, never really looked at any of his art before. If you'd just listened to the narrative, you'd think his art was a joke. It's not. Looking at some of his other stuff, it's the same kind of thing; imperfect, but captures a feel. Honestly, it's pretty good. Especially when you consider that a lot of the masterpieces are also flawed in some way.
Hitler did good art. Again, as you say, probably not great, but good. It's actually quite evocative, especially when compared to what you'd think a Mustache Man painting would look like based on popular description.
It's amazing how ideologically captured these people are. That dude whining about people thinking the art is good probably thinks all those people are Nazis. Are some? Almost certainly. All? No. That's just good art. Better than plenty. Definitively 'above average'...which is again a terrible measurement because average sucks ass. Seriously, a lot of his art is quite evocative.
Also, I looked it up, and nearly choked at the irony. Here's what good ol' Wikipedia has to say:
I'd flip most of that. But hey, what do I know? Sure, the people aren't that detailed, but it fits the piece, and plenty of art from a distance isn't detailed. The people still bring that life to the painting. It's good art, I like it.
Also, there's people out there who want to find and destroy all of Hitler's art.
I despise all of these people. They're so bent on 'pwning Hitler' (who is dead and already regarded as one of the most evil and hated men in history), they'll deny reality and lie. Then again, they'll do that toward forwarding their other goals too. Also, I've seen people calling him a lazy loser, and his failures all being his fault, and that's he an incel radical. I wonder if they apply the same level of scrutiny to someone like Marx's pathetic life.
It reminds me of the reaction to Ben Shapiro's rap thingy. I don't like rap. I don't like Ben Shapiro. But is that song he collaborated on the WORST SONG OF ALL TIME?
Yeah, no.
Its worst problem is that its just generic. It certainly looks skillful enough, but you'd not even turn your head for it if you passed it.
Some of the perspective lines seem a little bit off.