A group of 14 watercolors and drawings by Adolf Hitler, dated from 1904 to 1922, will be auctioned at the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, Germany, between June 18 and 20. The works are expected to sell for between €1,000 and €45,000 each, following a previous sale of a Hitler watercolor that fetched €130,000 in November last year.
The sale matters because it raises ongoing ethical questions about the market for artworks created by historical figures responsible for atrocities. Hitler’s paintings, widely regarded as mediocre and lacking artistic merit, continue to attract collectors and generate controversy, with critics arguing they hold no intrinsic artistic value and should not be traded as art.