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Hitler and Churchill were both competent painters, though both showed a marked aversion to the human form, preferring still lifes and landscapes.(The Week)(Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill)(Brief article)
Hitler and Churchill were both competent painters, though both showed a marked aversion to the human form, preferring still lifes and landscapes. Here comes a new national leader eager to fill a canvas: Vladimir Putin, prime minister (and president "behind the curtain") of Russia. At a charity auction in St. Petersburg, a painting by Putin fetched over $1 million. Putin's subject was a starry, snowy night sky, seen through the window of a traditional peasant's hut. "With remarkable economy," observed a British art critic, "he contrasts the warmth, light, and gaiety of the interior with the cold and darkness beyond." Just two days after the celebrity-art auction, ...
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