Would you buy Hitler's art?

[Lamb]

Hitler's drawings, watercolors go on sale in Germany; draws interest from Iranian, Chinese buyers

Would you feel comfortable owning a piece of artwork created by a mad man? Or would you appreciate that he wasn't too bad with his artistic talents?

 

[Wilhemena]

I would not want anything belonging to him in my home.

 

[Lamb]

I doubt I could ever afford anything by him! Even still, I don't know how I feel about it. I looked at the article and his work wasn't half bad.

 

[psalms 91]

Since I believe that objects can carry spirits the answer is no, I would definitely not have it anywhere I was

 

[tango]

Hitler's drawings, watercolors go on sale in Germany; draws interest from Iranian, Chinese buyers

Would you feel comfortable owning a piece of artwork created by a mad man? Or would you appreciate that he wasn't too bad with his artistic talents?

Interesting question.

On the face of it I'd be more interested in the quality of the art than just who the artist was. I don't feel the need to approve of the artist's lifestyle in order to own their work. Most of the time I don't even know the artist or, if I do know them, I don't know enough about them to form a meaningful assessment of whether I approve of the way they live. That said, the name Hitler is so immediately polarising it's hard to know.

I suspect a large problem would be the current sense that owning a product is taken to imply endorsing those around the product, and in this day and age it's highly likely that some sensitive snowflake would regard owning a picture painted by Hitler to be tantamount to endorsing the wholesale slaughter of anyone not sufficiently Aryan.

So on that basis I don't know that I'd rule out owning a piece, assuming I liked the artistic merit and the price, but I might be cautious about how freely I shared details of the artist.

 

[Andrew]

He should have stuck to art imo

 

[Arsenios]

Would you buy Hitler's art?

Naaaaggghh...

My dart board already has a bull's eye!


Arsenios

 

[Jason76]

A much worse debate would be whether or not to use the science obtained by Nazi medical experiments - Eeeeek !!

 

[Lamb]

A much worse debate would be whether or not to use the science obtained by Nazi medical experiments - Eeeeek !!

The data from that has already been logged...so I don't see it as an ethics violation if there is something that can potentially help millions of people in the long run.

 

[Jason76]

The data from that has already been logged...so I don't see it as an ethics violation if there is something that can potentially help millions of people in the long run.

Another debate on top of that is those hideous animal experiments - even carried out now.

 

[tango]

A much worse debate would be whether or not to use the science obtained by Nazi medical experiments - Eeeeek !!

This is certainly a thorny issue. Certainly as far as ethics standards are concerned those experiments are off the scale in all directions.

That said, if they were conducted in a scientifically valid manner any conclusions can be considered to be scientifically sound. If proper data logs were kept, suitable controls maintained, then logically the results are valid even if the ethical standards of the experiments were totally absent.

 

[FredVB]

I wouldn't go buy Hitler's art knowingly anyway, even if many people were saying it is good art. But I know, even if I wouldn't do that, others are not to be judged for it if they do, if it isn't obtained by having any being harmed by that.

A much worse debate would be whether or not to use the science obtained by Nazi medical experiments - Eeeeek !!

That indeed is a greater issue. There is something wrong with using information acquired with harming others, this can be said to be unethical.

The data from that has already been logged...so I don't see it as an ethics violation if there is something that can potentially help millions of people in the long run.

I wonder if such helpful information that will help millions of people is really known from such acquired information from the horrible abuse.

Another debate on top of that is those hideous animal experiments - even carried out now.

I understand what you mean.It is good knowing that there is awareness of this with at least another here.

 

[NewCreation435]

No, my mom paints and most art work that i have is hers. I wouldn't want his and probably couldn't afford it even if I wanted it

 

[Lucian Hodoboc]

Hitler's drawings, watercolors go on sale in Germany; draws interest from Iranian, Chinese buyers

Would you feel comfortable owning a piece of artwork created by a mad man? Or would you appreciate that he wasn't too bad with his artistic talents?

I find purchasing artwork from living artists to be preferable to purchasing the artwork of people who have passed away. By purchasing artwork from living artists, you're helping a person support themselves. I wouldn't buy Hitler's artwork, both because of the genocide he authored and because I think it is more Christian-like to financially invest in the well-being of the living. We can invest in the well-being of the deceased by praying for them.

 

[Jerlene]

For monetary reasons, I absolutely would purchase his art. I wouldn't hang it in my house to admire it though. I'd most likely keep it in storage or line a buyer, or buyers, up before I even get my hands on it. But logically, it's a good investment. This could put a hefty sum of money into your bank account. Or I would purchase it to burn it. Can't decide yet.
Honestly though, the paintings shown on that page are great. Very detailed. He was a talented painter. Such a shame he was a monster.

 

[Lamb]

For monetary reasons, I absolutely would purchase his art. I wouldn't hang it in my house to admire it though. I'd most likely keep it in storage or line a buyer, or buyers, up before I even get my hands on it. But logically, it's a good investment. This could put a hefty sum of money into your bank account. Or I would purchase it to burn it. Can't decide yet.
Honestly though, the paintings shown on that page are great. Very detailed. He was a talented painter. Such a shame he was a monster.

He should have stuck with art, right?

 

[FredVB]

Trump will not be remembered favorably in history. Maybe any art from him would be undesirable to most as well.

 

[Lamb]

Trump will not be remembered favorably in history. Maybe any art from him would be undesirable to most as well.

It depends on who gets to write the history books. Shouldn't they include the great economy we had under President Trump?

 

[tango]

It depends on who gets to write the history books. Shouldn't they include the great economy we had under President Trump?

A lot depends on how you define "great economy". The Dow soaring is good for people with money but doesn't make a lot of difference to people of lesser means. It seems that by some measures the economy was doing very well and by others it was doing less well.

That said I shudder to think just how much bigger the already huge annual deficit would have been had the Democrats had more power over the levers this year.

 

[Lamb]

A lot depends on how you define "great economy". The Dow soaring is good for people with money but doesn't make a lot of difference to people of lesser means. It seems that by some measures the economy was doing very well and by others it was doing less well.

That said I shudder to think just how much bigger the already huge annual deficit would have been had the Democrats had more power over the levers this year.

Almost all employed people have a 401k and that relies on a good economy to grow. It did great and yes, Americans who were employed benefited from that.

I grew up poor but my father worked many jobs and at times had multiple jobs. He never invested in anything except with where he worked. But my husband's family were investors and so were my husband's friends. It was his friends who encouraged us to begin investing when we were 23 and 24. That had nothing to do with privilege but a smart move that gained us thousands. Having a good economy helped us with our investments even though we didn't make a lot of money at first during our marriage.

With Biden in office I wonder how safe my investments are and whether they should be pulled and moved into safer ones with low or no risk?