Painting in Fascist Italy

[céline]

Were paintings produced under Mussolini superior to those produced under Hitler?

 

[clarke-connolly]

Were paintings produced under Mussolini superior to those produced under Hitler?

What is your opinion on that ?

I have no idea on that myself.

 

[céline]

What is your opinion on that ?

I have no idea on that myself.

I think Italian paintings were better. The 'Futurist' movement produced paintings much better than anything produced in Germany.

 

[Myles O'Reilly]

So far 75% of the electorate back the art under Benito's reign.

Il Duce ha sempre ragione

 

[clarke-connolly]

Are the Germans famous for producing the best of art at any time really ? !

 

[Mad as Fish]

Are the Germans famous for producing the best of art at any time really ? !

Musically they are well ahead of the pack, but painters?

How many of these have you actually heard of -

The 20 Most Famous German Painters and Artists in Art History – Artlex

www.artlex.com

 

[clarke-connolly]

Musically they are well ahead of the pack, but painters?

How many of these have you actually heard of -

The 20 Most Famous German Painters and Artists in Art History – Artlex

www.artlex.com

Apparently, Hitler might have stayed on the " " Straight and Narrow " " if he had made it as an Artist ! ! !

 

[Mad as Fish]

Apparently, Hitler might have stayed on the " " Straight and Narrow " " if he had made it as an Artist ! ! !

Aye, it was a career he thought of pursuing when wondering what to do with himself. The Nuremberg rallies were designer classics and he was fussy how the Nazi infrastructure looked, but fate decreed otherwise and the world suffered as a result.

 

[SwordOfStZip]

Musically they are well ahead of the pack, but painters?

How many of these have you actually heard of -

The 20 Most Famous German Painters and Artists in Art History – Artlex

www.artlex.com

I think Arno Breker who was actually Stalin's favourite sculptor was pretty amazing-

Arno Breker - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I also think that Yann Goulet the Breton sculptor who was kinda pro-Hitler and who lived most of his life in exile in Ireland was pretty brilliant to;

Yann Goulet - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[SwordOfStZip]

Contemporary public sculpture in the 26 counties with some acceptions is pretty crap and meaningless.

 

[clarke-connolly]

You'd wonder how the Italians ever get around to the Painting, with all of that hand waving and gesticulating ? !

 

[clarke-connolly]

Contemporary public sculpture in the 26 counties with some acceptions is pretty crap and meaningless.

Are those houses with the " Collapsing Blocks " not 26 County Art ? !

 

[Mad as Fish]

You'd wonder how the Italians ever get around to the Painting, with all of that hand waving and gesticulating ? !

They were busy building Milan Central Station instead.

Gobsmacked I was-

 

[clarke-connolly]

They were busy building Milan Central Station instead.

Gobsmacked I was-

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Maybe ~ ~ We all need to start, waving the hands and gesticulating a lot more

 

[Mad as Fish]

Maybe ~ ~ We all need to start, waving the hands and gesticulating a lot more

I do that anyway, but it never gets me far!