While he was obviously best known for being the leader of the Nazi party and the man responsible for one of the darkest moments of the 20th century, before joining the political arena, Adolf Hitler's watercolor paintings were the politician's way to make a living.
Though he wasn't known to have been a particularly good artist, it's a well-documented fact that Adolf Hitler's watercolor paintings were his primary means of survival, as he was a young struggling artist in Munich.
According to Reuters, Adolf Hitler's watercolor painting is called "Standesamt und Altes Rathaus Muenchen" (which translates to Civil Registry Office and Old Town Hall of Munich) and it depicts the famous building in the city.
Many have argued over the decades that the history of the 20th century would have been very different if Adolf Hitler's watercolor paintings had been more successful at the time he was painting them, between 1905 and 1920, when he was a struggling artist, as Hitler himself accounts for in his famous autobiography, "Mein Kampf."
According to Canadian news outlet CNCBC, this painting is one of about 2,000 watercolors the dictator worked on during this period. In the past, similar paintings have gone up in auction, going up to heights from 5,000 to 80,000.
After much criticism surrounding whether or not it was ethical to auction this work due to Hitler's later actions (such as driving America, Europe and Asia to World War II), however, the owners of the painting (apparently two German women in their 70s) stated that about 10 percent of the winnings from the auction would go to a charity that helps handicapped children.
According to Yahoo News, the most expensive of Adolf Hitler's watercolor paintings so far went up to 130,000 euros in auction, which in dollars is around $162,000. The auction happened in the Bavaria city of Nuremberg (which also hosted the famous Judgments directed at Nazi criminals), and the buyer was reportedly from the Middle East.
