I thought he was atheist? « Mother Mary with the Holy Child Jesus Christ. Painting by Adolph Hitler, 1913. »
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He was an excellent artist...I have seen many of his works.
He applied to art school and was denied because his portfolio lacked enough renderings of human forms. Most of his paintings were architectural subject matter. This painting is probably from a period when he was trying to improve his skill in human forms. Religious art was still a popular source of humanistic art, so that would be a more likely explanation for this piece instead of his own religious beliefs.
What was hidden behind that cut piece of this painting?
It's just damaged canvas. You can see he tried to patch it up with some type of sealant material that caused the paint pigment to dry darker than on the rest of the canvas. This piece was probably a source of great frustration for him -- The crudely formed hands, the damaged canvas, the amount of time spent on the faces as opposed to the rest of the composition. It sort of sums up his brief painting career,
"damaged canvas" - I will use this, kek