{"id":864,"date":"2025-09-15T07:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lighteningweightloss.com\/diy\/?p=864"},"modified":"2025-09-15T07:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T07:00:54","slug":"adolf-hitlers-rejection-from-art-school-history-arthistory-art-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighteningweightloss.com\/diy\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"Adolf Hitler&#8217;s rejection from Art School  #history #arthistory #art #painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/85Mi15YXgy4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Adolf Hitler, in his youth, aspired to become a professional artist and applied to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1907. He submitted a portfolio mostly filled with architectural sketches and landscapes, but the admissions committee expected strong figure drawings and creative compositions. 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