By the way (IIRC) the infamous Adolf Hitler was also in politics as a fallback career. He’d wanted to be an artist! He painted some fairly decent pictures but got turned down for art school. It’s fascinating to imagine what might have been if ole Adolf had been admitted to art school (and if Barack Obama had made it as an architect). But again God conducts the affairs of history to work love, salvation, and glory. If Adolf, that fellow who directly or indirectly orchestrated the murder of many millions of Jews, had been admitted to art school... we might not have our modern State of Israel. There wouldn’t have been a big enough burr under the bustle of the Jewish people (and some sympathetic Christians who were equally horrified) to make it happen.
A colleague of mine bought several of Hitlers paintings anonymously in the early 70’s for a very cheap price at a Sothebeys auction.
He hid them for years, never wanting to show them in his home or lend them to a gallery.
He sold a few of them years ago, and from his meager 120k investment, made about 4 million or so (don’t quote me on these numbers, this is what I recall the story was).
He has also bought work from Richard Speck, Manson and Gacy (clown paintings of all things). He just holds on to them. He says he doesn’t have an interest in killers or such, it’s just economics.
My wife thinks he’s deranged.