Whaddya know--more paintings by Der Fuehrer?

[raccoon]

(Check out the slideshow at the link below)


Reputed Hitler watercolors sell at English auction

By MARTIN BENEDYK, Associated Press Writer – Thu Apr 23, 4:34 pm ET

LUDLOW, England – What a British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler sold at auction Thursday for 97,672 pounds ($143,358).

Among the 15 pictures is a portrait of solitary figure dressed in brown peering into wine-colored waters. The date is 1910, the signature reads "A. Hitler" and scribbled just over the mysterious figure are the letters: "A.H."

So is this a portrait of the Fuehrer as a young man?

"I don't think they're fakes," said Richard Westwood-Brookes, historical documents expert at auction house Mullocks that carried out the sale. He said he did not believe anyone would have the nerve to fake the pictures, given the global publicity they have received.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_hitler_watercolors

[denem]

1. Buttterfly effect: If AH had been accepted into the Vienna art school

the 20th Century would have been a different place, with one obscure inconsequential artist to show for it.

[applegrove]

2. I really think they should be trashed. Just like that monster trashed 20 million people.

Seriously. My brother once talked to a girl who inherited pictures of Hitler from a family friend who was obviously Hitler's personal photographer. She was in a conundrum as to what to do with all these phots. Save them for historical reasons. Destroy them. I thought they should be destroyed. Why should any of his humanity be allowed to exist after what he did.