10 Paintings by Adolf Hitler
Hitler is known for being one of the most evil and murderous leaders in history. Yet few people know that he also produced a large amount of paintings, focusing on flowers, country sides and cathedrals.
Adolf Hitler, failed dictator of Germany during the Second World War, produced a variety of oil and watercolor paintings. In addition to being responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people, including the genocide of six million Jews, Hitler was an artist who used cathedrals and flowers as subject matter for many of his paintings.
“Dianthus”
“Roses”
Before becoming involved in politics, Hitler applied several times to The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, hoping to further his artistic career. He was turned down each time, and was forced to live on the streets, selling paintings to tourists and exchanging them in restaurants for meals.
“Cathedral in Vienna”
The authenticity of Hitler’s paintings is often hard to prove, as he seldom mentioned the paintings by name or description in his correspondence and diaries. His friend, Reinhold Hanisch, sold fake Hitler paintings during the fuehrer’s reign over Germany, an act that Hitler did not approve of. During Hitler’s youth, Hanisch pushed him to create a painting per day, a grueling pace which otherwise managed to feed them each evening.
Example of Hitler’s signature
Example of a Fake Hitler signature
“Mother Mary with the Holy Child Jesus Christ”
Hitler’s painting of Mary and child has caused a lot of stir amongst Christians. Hitler himself was a Christian, yet he was the creator of much misery and despair during the Second World War. He has been held responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews, gypsies and people from other social sects that Hitler didn’t deem worthy of being included in his future Germany.
Series of Paintings by Hitler Depicting the Areas He Visited around Europe
Hitler produced many paintings depicting the areas that he visited. However, he produced a large amount of postcard sized paintings of cathedrals and churches that were popular with tourists.
He was known to have a varying style, working in oils and watercolor, which makes verification of his paintings even more difficult. In fact, it is said that many of Hitler’s paintings that have previously sold for thousands of pounds may in fact be fakes.
The tranquility and peacefulness portrayed in Hitler’s paintings belie the atrocities he committed during World War II. One can only wonder how a man who was responsible for so many deaths could paint gentle, colorful paintings of flowers, churches and country sides.
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GivingTree, posted this comment on Jul 24th, 2008
very nice article! interesting to look at those paintings and imagine the painter as a cruel man capable of such atrocities.
Lost in Arizona, posted this comment on Jul 24th, 2008
I look at these works of art, and I can’t even fathom the atrocities performed on innocent lives committed by this man. Good article.
Chris Hamilton, posted this comment on Jul 24th, 2008
Great article and very unique. I never knew Hitler actually did anything other then plot war crimes against innocent people. Nice pictures to. Great Work
Rana Sinha, posted this comment on Jul 24th, 2008
Very interesting Catherine. Where did you get these pictures?
shea, posted this comment on Jul 24th, 2008
Wow, I knew he painted, and was angry at the jew ran school for rejecting him, but I had no idea that he was this good
shea, posted this comment on Jul 24th, 2008
wow, he was good
art critic, posted this comment on Jul 25th, 2008
Good article. I’m glad you included the part about the counterfeit art, because I couldn’t help but notice that some of the paintings seemed very different from the others. A closer look shows they have the fake signature.
Francois Hagnere, posted this comment on Jul 26th, 2008
Bravo Catherine for this interesting article. Humanity will never forget his crimes. His paintings do not show he will become the murderer we all know. Many thanks also Catherine for your comment on my article about Jean-Frédéric Bazille and Male Nude in Painting.
B Nelson, posted this comment on Jul 26th, 2008
As an artist, I was awayre of this. Hitler also designed buildings, one huge one was never completed but it would have been the worlds largest structure.
R J Evans, posted this comment on Jul 26th, 2008
Most art critics dismiss Hitler’s work as either juvenalia or derivative - whatever the case the diverse styles above show the schizophrenia developing right in front of our eyes. An interesting and educative article - thanks Catherine!
shellbat, posted this comment on Jul 28th, 2008
aaahhh…the duality of man (or monster in this lunatic’s case) 
Melanierose, posted this comment on Jul 29th, 2008
So sad what kind of person was behind these beautiful paintings.
Eunice Tan, posted this comment on Aug 7th, 2008
I agree with Melanierose. By the way the article is very interesting Catherine.
Carl, posted this comment on Aug 13th, 2008
Makes sense, he was rejected as an artist and took things to the extreme.
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hitlersucks, posted this comment on Oct 13th, 2008
whats funny is the image for the example of a fake Hitler signature is then the exact signature on one of the paintings a few images down
Escoofield, posted this comment on Oct 13th, 2008
Wow! those are so beautiful and very artistic! I love it!
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Ben, posted this comment on Oct 13th, 2008
he applied to art college twice, and was turned down. I wonder how different the world would be now if they hadn’t been so critical…
ai-momo.net, posted this comment on Oct 13th, 2008
These are amazing. What about the Snow White ones? Do you know if those are real or fake? I read in an article somewhere that they found some Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (Disney) and they think it belongs to Hitler, because he was a huge Snow White fan. Apparently he thought it was the best movie ever made.
WHY didn’t that school accept him? Imagine all the horrifying things that wouldn’t have happened if they had!
mein kampf, posted this comment on Oct 13th, 2008
hitler’s the best.
jess, posted this comment on Oct 14th, 2008
he is like thomas kinkade, but less skillfull
ihr kampf, posted this comment on Oct 14th, 2008
no, thomas kinkade was awful. hitler’s the best.
Deanna, posted this comment on Oct 14th, 2008
You mention that some of his works were actually fakes, and yet you include fake works in the article.
And the difference between his painting style and the fakes is really kinda obvious.
It’s an interesting article, but it would have been nice if you hadn’t treated the fakes as though they were authentic works.
guids, posted this comment on Oct 18th, 2008
a christian? even painted Mary and child beautifully, unimaginable!
Blam, posted this comment on Oct 18th, 2008
Too bad he got denied from art school a few times. Wonder what would have happened…
Ian Jade, posted this comment on Oct 19th, 2008
I love the paintings, but the most amazing thing about this is how little people know about the man they hate so very much.
#25 guids: It’s not unimaginable. You are just not capable of imaginging - or rather realising - it.
Emma, posted this comment on Oct 23rd, 2008
It’s amazing, how these paintings show a side of him most people never knew. I wonder what would have happened, if he’d been accepted into art school?
Opey, posted this comment on Oct 24th, 2008
I’d have to sat that the inspirations outweigh the works themselves. Anyone can be a Xerox machine with enough practice.
They are beautiful none-the-less, but the scenes portrayed were beautiful before the paintings existed.
El 3asaL El MoR, posted this comment on Nov 6th, 2008
Never talk about the deaths of tens of millions of people, including the genocide of six million Jews , we will talk about the human inside Hitler .., just take a look at the other sides in his life, the people have more insides search about it first b4 our opinions!!
dingobully, posted this comment on Dec 11th, 2008
This is the second puff piece on Hitler I’ve seen this week. The other was of the last remaining living maid of his who still sings his praises. What’s going on here?
ashy, posted this comment on Jan 15th, 2009
Amazing, simply amazing. He DID want to be an artist at one point. He just couldn’t get into art school.
Jewish Follower, posted this comment on Jan 21st, 2009
i love hitlers art and ways!!!! what he did was simply beutiful
asshole, posted this comment on Jan 21st, 2009
skat in my mouth
nothing, posted this comment on Jan 30th, 2009
If there wasn’t Hitler, there would have been another powerful individual who would rise from the masses and would do the same thing. The situation Germany was put into, it was just a matter of time before someone like Hitler came out and lead them. It just happened to be Hitler, but if Hitler got into art school, it would probably have been another person’s name in place of Hitler in history right now.
phillip leese, posted this comment on Feb 11th, 2009
hitler was a political genius and a military genius.you cant judge a man you never knew you morons.he was a painter,a creator.he also wanted to create a better germany because germany had suffered under the hands of the evil versaille treaty.it is the jews that are evil,they owned all germanys wealth in the 1920s.it is the jews today that rule the world under evil capitalism where the poor are swept aside to suffer.hitler was a socialist and cared for his own people,and when it was a jew that refused hitler entry into the art accademy,they finally got what they deserved.rest easy mein fuhrer.
sparky, posted this comment on Feb 20th, 2009
they should have let him in to art school he might never have murdered
ezzat, posted this comment on Mar 17th, 2009
they are really nice and beautiful…
Sonoflas, posted this comment on Apr 17th, 2009
who would refuse hitler to art academy and say he has no talent? I thought one went to school to learn.
Unknown, posted this comment on Apr 23rd, 2009
You know, I still think Hitler was a Jerk. But the “Cathedral in Vienna” is kind of interesting. I think he just painted it so people would think different of him.
Neil Armstrong, posted this comment on Apr 28th, 2009
Ok, he was a better painter than a statesman…but he will burn in hell forever. He probably the best friend of the Devil.
Prachanda's son, posted this comment on Apr 28th, 2009
If he was accepted in school, perhaps he would not find enough reason to kill 6 millions of Jews, Gypsys, Gays/Lesbians and, 25 millions of the peoples of Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. But most of all, the innocent Jews’ descendents would not become worse than he was to another nation whose state they stole afterward.
celine dion, posted this comment on Apr 29th, 2009
thanks for posting all these pictures.I had been looking for these picures on Wikipedia but did not find them there.
I wish Hitler had got admitted to some art school….so many innocent people could have been saved this way.MAY ALL THOSE REST IN PEACE FOREVER.
deepa, posted this comment on Apr 29th, 2009
AMAZING MAN!!!!
J J Neuman, posted this comment on Apr 30th, 2009
This is just too weird…if these are real, I can’t help to be intriged by the fine work I’m seeing. But, a lot of capable or known artists are tortured individuals and some could also be monsters. It must have been hard to put the right words with this? Thanks for the interesting article.
Awad, posted this comment on Apr 30th, 2009
Hard to believe such a monster can paint such beautiful paintings
you !, posted this comment on May 5th, 2009
i think hitler was born wrong and rised wrong he was beating by his father and when his mother died he was all alone and lost. so i think that his art work was great and little disterbing
Gazason, posted this comment on May 8th, 2009
Hitler, Sharon… all of ‘em are the same thing. Couldn’t we have some better world without such filthy artists?
Fludinho, posted this comment on May 10th, 2009
Imagine if the school did accept him for his painting abilities! he probably wouldn’t have a grudge against Jewish people and world war 2 would have never occurred. Who knows he may have even turned out to be a famous artist!!!.
BC, posted this comment on May 20th, 2009
When I see these pictures and read the comments by other people, I try to see Hitler before he became a dictator. Hitler’s paintings are pretty, but he did not have enough artistic qualities that the school was looking for. (correct me if im wrong).
no name, posted this comment on May 26th, 2009
no comment
leia, posted this comment on May 26th, 2009
…wow…amazing.
Katrina C., posted this comment on May 27th, 2009
I LOVE HITLER. I WISH HE WAS STILL AROUND, BECAUSE I AM IN LOVE WITH HIM.
MURF, posted this comment on May 28th, 2009
I just was wondering I came across a origional Hitler watercolor whom do you contact to sell this
chiqo, posted this comment on Jun 13th, 2009
I think, that he was a bad painter beacouse he painted that he did not feel… he was a tiran, dictator killer and if he painted these things, he would be a wellknown painter 
Jack Lewis, posted this comment on Jun 19th, 2009
I think Hitler was a wonderful man and artist. i have pictures of him on my wall and love him. Sometimes i go to sleep thinking about how amazing he is. he IS the love of my life.
Charlotte Jane Atkinson, posted this comment on Jun 24th, 2009
you know, sometimes i think about hitler so much i get a bit excited in my trousers.. other times i have to have a picture of Hitler under my bed for when im feeling a bit ‘alone’.. the man was hot! damn him for being dead.
Raheli Shepherd, posted this comment on Jun 26th, 2009
OMG i love the man! He is my idol. I have kept myself ‘innocent’ until the day i meet the man, the god, my lovely. He is in hiding in Brazil.. he did not kill himself. He told me in a dream that he is waiting for me. Thinking about him makes me scream with excitement. I LOVE HIM,. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Greg Taylor, posted this comment on Jun 26th, 2009
I hate the man. How can anyone kill so many people.. he makes me sick. Frist the oppresion of all the jews, black people and disabled. Then the concentration camps, then the murder of all of them and then the torture of them. The mental strain they must have been under.. i wanted to do that. he beat me to it.. what a b*****d!
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neelam pandey, posted this comment on Jul 24th, 2008
very interesting fact and beautiful paintings as well.