Comments on: Hitler or Churchill?

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:39:38 +0000

a followup:
It’s worth noting also that Churchill didn’t even takeup painting until age 40. He was self-dismissive of his capability, but a lot of other artists, critics, &c. were not.

The following article is pretty decent:
http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=815

Oh, in my prior post it should be “Admiralty”, not “Admiraly” :-)

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:32:44 +0000

90% here, with my logic closely following Derek’s. If you know Hitler’s great love of architecture, you can guess he’d paint a lot of architecture-oriented subjects in a realistic style. Churchill, in contrast, had been First Lord of the Admiraly, so boat & sea themes are going to be a recurring theme. I had also seen one of Churchill’s paintings before and was bale to extrapolate a bit.

As for #18′s Churchill “not being successful” at art, he was actually pretty well received when his paintings were shown (under a pseudonym) in galleries and art shows. He is of course MUCH better known for politics, but he was certainly a good artist and a stunning writer as well (winning a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953). I’ve read both his 6 volume “The Second World War” and his 4 volume “History of the English Speaking Peoples”. These are each enormous works, but well worth the time if you are a history geek like I.

By: bigsoda

bigsoda — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:31:24 +0000

50%… Shows why neither of them was successful at art – couldn’t develop a style.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:03:52 +0000

0/10
That actually makes me feel good as I was able to group the styles correctly, I just attributed them to the wrong “artist”

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:49:20 +0000

You know, I am disturbed to find I like Hitler’s art.

By: Darla

Darla — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:40:59 +0000

8 out of 10

Interesting quiz. I just kind of went with the idea that Hitler’s paintings would be less colorful. The two I debated on are the only two I missed.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:17:20 +0000

8 out of 10

Did it in record time with little thought – purely guesswork based on gut feelings.

By: Hans

Hans — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:08:53 +0000

I got 9 out of 10 by following a very simple recipe: Whatever looks like Austria (mountains, must be a Hitler, and what looks like Britain must be a Churchill. I didn’t even bother to compare styles.

By: sarah

sarah — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:52:35 +0000

i got 100%…i feel proud, but slightly uneasy. but from bios, i read that hitler was obsessed with ideas of structure, neatness, and of course, ideas of elevated class. so i picked the archetectural and indoor pics of beautiful furniture

By: tami

tami — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:02:47 +0000

100%, i just kinda figured hitler wasn’t likely to paint with happy colors..worked out for me.