Friday, March 24, 1978 7 Watercolor by Hitler on display Staff Writer By DENISE CASAMENTO "One day it became clear to me that I would become a painter, an artist. There was no doubt as to my talent for drawing, but there were other talents that I devoted myself to politics." Such was the dream of Adolf Hitler, revealed in his autobiography, "Mein Krieg" The portrait of Hiller as an artist is a difficult one for many people to envision. But, it is true that before World War I, he was a distinguished artist, who painted to support himself. University Daily Kansan WHEREH HE actually was a talented artist is debatable, but people at the University of Kansas will be given the opportunity to view an original watercolor painting by Hitler in the Spencer Research Library. An art collection designed to be a synopsis of German history between the 1920s and the 1940s will be on display in the Kansas State University library beginning the second week in April. inting. e pro- The collection is titled "Full Circle: The Rise and Fall of Hider's Germany." Not only art pieces but also a variety of photographs, manuscripts, correspondence to Adolf Hitler and table settings and crystal used by Hitler and Hermann Goering, commanding general of Hitler's air force, are included in the collection. According to Charles F. Sidman, Professor of history, Hitler painted postcards and he also drew paintings which were used for greeting others and other respectable people in Vienna. THE WATERCOLOR to be displayed was painted at about 15, after Hitler moved from Germany. "It wouldn't be unusual for people with money to have a Hiller painting in their studio." This is not to say that it was by any means fashionable on one of his Hitler's paintings, either. During his painting career, he was one of the few artists who painted his paintings to whever would buy them. THE SUBJECT of this painting is typical of Hitler's works: it is a subject that would sell. The painting, titled "Asamhaus: St. John's Church," is a reproduction of a building in Munich, a conjuncted community building, and a church. According to Sidman, it probably was painted for reproduction onto postcards. Sidman said the painting was on loan from a private owner, Keith Wilson, a lawyer in New York. He is also from Hitler to his personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. It is one of the few paintings to be so well authenticated. Sidman and it is rare to have such a minute piece. HITLER TRIED and failed twice to enter the Vienna Academy of Art, and he had no real formal instruction in painting. Sidman said Hitler's weakness in passing the exam at the Academy of Art came in drawing and that people who were not Hitler's best subjects. Sidman, who teaches "Inside Hitler's 德国," described Hitler as competent at his task. "It isn't bad painting," he said. "The people are rather wooden, but the architecture is reproduced with reasonable accuracy. Hitler is more with the modern swing than the avant-garde. I think it requires mature painting in watercolors." "He was interested more in buildings as monuments," Sldman said. "He made plains with stones." HITLER SAW himself as an architect as well as a painter, Sidman said. Perhaps it is this interest in buildings that accounts for the amount of detail given to the "Asamhaus" and the decoration on the church in this composition. "The artist doesn't care as much about the life in this painting, as he does the structure of the building," Sydeny Kramer wrote in the Hospital, said. Schroeder, who viewed the painting without knowing who the artist was, said that even though he had had experience in psychanalyzing patients' images, he could not tell much about the artist. HE SAID this was because the painting was a straightforward reproduction of a building, and the artist's personality need not be much different such as it might in an impressionistic painting. James Helyar, curator of graphics for Traveling art on display Students and faculty will be able to muse upon the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art Traveling Art Museum until Monday in the lobby of Strong Hall. The display soon will start a 21-month journey through the state. The traveling museum is based on the "Musing in Museums" program that will be featured in the Spencer Museum during the next two years, Nancy Chambers, traveling museum curator, said recently. The display will travel first to Hutchinson Junior College and has been booked in several central Kansas communities through June, she said. Twelve watercolors, prints and photographs, mounted on panels 4 feet by 5 feet, will introduce Kansas residents to the nine mythical Muses as well as the Spencer Museum collections. Chambers said that, for the first time, a curator would organize workshops and programs in conjunction with the art display. Chambers is the first traveling museum curator with the Spencer Museum. A grant from the Kansas Arts Commission funded the curator's salary for the current display, which is jointly sponsored by the Spencer and the office of continuing education. The museum's education department previously had organized the traveling art museum, which has been in operation about five years, Chambers said. THE RABBIT VALUE PACKAGE. A SPECIAL LIMITED TIME OFFER. Everything color coordinated, from headliner to cut-pile carpeting. Rich, crushed velour upholstery. Color coordinated steering wheel and dash. Vivid, exciting colors. Chromed side mirror. Body stripes. Now you can have your Rabbit with all the trimmings. Come into our showroom and choose from a select group of "value package" Rabbits with luxury features you'd never expect to find on a car as economical as the Rabbit. And for your second unexpected surprise, test drive the Rabbit and experience its incredible combination of comfort and performance. BOB HOPKINS VOLKSWAGEN 2522 Iowa 842-2200 Spencer Research Library and coordinator of the display featuring the painting, said historians had said that Hitler's scale and perspective of people were off. "It is one criticism that the people are often smaller in relation to the buildings in Hitler's art," Healy said. "Whether this is true or not, I cannot really say." To judge Hitler as an artist isn't fair because he had little training or logic because he ceased painting by World War I. Sidman said, but it is absorbing to contemplate what might have happened in the 20th century if he had gone to art school in Vienna and never moved to Germany. A very unique and exciting store, filled with exotic imports from countries around the world. Haas imports carries the most unusual gifts, including a bridal registry for your convenience. 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