Adolf Hitler's watercolour painting fetches 130,000 Euros at auction

ANI | Updated: Nov 23, 2014, 05:25 PM IST

A picture taken on November 20, 2014 shows the 1914 watercolour painting `Altes Rathaus` of the old city hall in Munich attributed to Adolf Hitler (L), the original invoice for the painting from 1916 (R, bottom) and a letter by Hitler`s adjutant Albert Bormann in which he presumes that the picture was painted by Hitler, at the auction house Weidler in Nuremberg, southern Germany. The watercolour painted by a young Adolf Hitler a century ago went under the hammer for 130,000 euros ($161,000) on November 22, 2014 at an auction in Nuremberg. The buyer wished to remain anonymous, according to auction house. The 1914 painting of the city hall in Munich was put up for sale by two elderly sisters, whose grandfather bought the artwork in 1916, when Hitler was in his 20s. The work measures 28 by 22 centimetres

Adolf Hitler's 1941 watercolour painting has fetched 130,000 euros at an auction in Nuremberg, Germany, it has been revealed. The painting, entitled 'Standesamt und Altes Rathaus Muenchen' (Civil Registry Office and Old Town Hall of Munich) was bought by a private person from the Middle East, Stuff.co.nz reported.The painting is one of about 2000 works that Hitler painted between about 1905 and 1920 when he was a struggling young artist. Kathrin Weidler, head of the auction house asserted that the vendors had decided to donate around 10 per cent of the proceeds to a charity that helps disabled children. Five other Hitler paintings have fetched between 5000 and 80,000 euros at auction.

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