I thought he was atheist? « Mother Mary with the Holy Child Jesus Christ. Painting by Adolph Hitler, 1913. »
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What is the evidence that this is a Hitler? Hitler as a painter was very much a "sky is blue, grass is green" type of guy. I do not believe he would have used this palette shown. Secondly, he was a hobby painter, not a professional, and while the paint application in this art leaves some finesse to be desired, the overall design of the piece could be professional. It's just my opinion tho. I have been a professional Fine Artist for about 50 years now, myself.
He attempted to live as a professional artist, and survived off his earnings from his paintings for a brief time. He applied to art school and was declined. They liked his architectural paintings, but noticed an absence of human forms in his work. This religious painting may have come from a period where he was trying to improve his skill at human renderings, and religious art was the most popular source of humanistic art, so it wouldn't be proof of his own religious beliefs.