Adolf Hitler life and the unknown Artist .

In an interview on 5 June 1946, Adolf's sister, Paula, recalled the following about her brother:

"I did not hear from him for years, when at last in 1921 I saw him again in Vienna. In the meantime I had moved to Vienna myself. But what occurrences of the time had meanwhile passed over Europe, war and the years after the war with their exorbitant suffering! Only then I was told by my brother, that in 1913 he had moved from Vienna to Munich and that he had taken up aquarelle - painting entirely. I had the impression that he was successful."

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Adolf the Young Man

To earn his keep Adolf began painting postcards for a pittance - sometimes only earning enough for a cheap meal. One waittress would later report that: "he was very reserved and quiet, and would read books, and seemed very serious, unlike the rest of the young men"

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Iron Cross 1st Class - awarded for acts of heroism, bravery or leadership skills
Worn on the left breast, sewn or pinned on

It was common for recipients of the Iron Cross to wear a matching ring.

Was there ever a more improbable ambition? This sickly youngster, unemployed, desperately poor, spending his free time at the opera or gazing at buildings and statues, dreaming of fame as artist or architect or leader of a unified German Reich, outspokenly cock-sure that he would achieve his monumental ambitions. Then his finances ran out completely. For a while Adolf gave up painting and took up construction work. Slowly he sold off his possessions and at one stage was reduced to begging and sleeping on park benches, along with many other Viennese destitutes in the same plight. He eventually found very cheap lodgings in the Mannerheim, along with about 500 other men in economic straits. To earn his keep Adolf began painting postcards for a pittance - sometimes only earning enough for a cheap meal. One waittress would later report that: "he was very reserved and quiet, and would read books, and seemed very serious, unlike the rest of the young men" Eventually, postcard painting became a thriving business - at least by Adolf's standards at the time. This brought him precious time. By painting less and spending more time on pursuits such as reading, studying architecture, and even going to the movies, he felt more in charge of his own life. He could now speak with authority on subjects such as philosophy, religion, mythology, transport, politics and the nature of gravity. His insight and knowledge grew by the day. When the tourist season approached Adolf began doing larger-sized paintings, mainly in oil or water-color. Adolf was now 22 years of age.

Inn river, Oil, 1911 Hitler's house in Watherschlag, watercolor, 1909

Watercolor, 1908 Castle near Saltzburg, 1909 Lake Konigree, watercolor, 1911

He began visiting Vienna's House of Representatives for his first close look at what he later called the "ridiculous institution" where there was no individual responsibility for anything. He said that politicians as a group made the decisions - and then nobody was accountable for the consequences. Five hundred elected incompetent amateurs were supposed to decide issues of the gravest importance. Adolf wryly noted: "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a great man to be 'discovered' by an election." Karl Marx and communism were topics hotly debated at the Mannerheim where Adolf lived. Careful study persuaded Adolf that the new German Marxist party was "a whore covered with a mask of social virtue and brotherly love." Adolf read several newspapers each day. He was at first amazed to see how the same event was distorted in different papers, particularly with differing political slants. Soon enough he realized that the newspaper ownership and editor had much to do with this. The power of propaganda and advertising were brought home to him by seeing it thus in action - how people never even noticed how "their" opinions were being made for them by the particular newspaper they read. But man must eat to live - and Adolf occasionally had to paint to earn his keep. He also learned to hold his temper, after being assaulted during a hot-headed political argument. Persuation and skill in debate won men to his point of view - not insults. He later said: "I learned to talk less and listen more to those whose opinions and objections were boundlessly primitive." After turning 24 at the Mannerheim, Adolf moved to Munich in Germany, to seek his future there.

An early unfinished study - (Private collection)

Farm houses & bridge on the Ybbs in Austria, watercolor, 1910

Restaurant Greinburg in Grein on the Danube, watercolor, 1911

Karl's Church in Winter, watercolor, 1912

"Becelaire", watercolor, 1917

Mountain Lake, watercolor, 1910

Pencil/paper, 1929

Utopian fortress, watercolor, 1909

Neuburg Cloister on the Danube near Vienna, watercolor, 1911

Mother Mary - Oil - 1913 before he read the Bible and became Pagan.
others believe the Baby could be some one else such as King Arthur.
The Mother could also just be a German lady with her baby.