The Scariest Coincidence in Art History

In 1889, German painter Franz von Stuck completed one of his darkest works. A menacing rider on a black horse, leading a procession of the dead through the night. When the painting was first exhibited, critics praised it as a masterpiece of Germanic mythology. But decades later, something changed. As the world grew familiar with the face of Adolf Hitler, people began looking at this painting differently. And once they saw it, they could not unsee it. In this video we explore the myth behind the painting, Hitler's documented obsession with Germanic mythology, and whether what we are looking at is a simple coincidence or something far more unsettling. ► Shop "The Wild Hunt" (1899) at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/products/wild-hunt-franz-von-stuck-1889 ► Shop Art Prints & Canvas at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/collections/shop-all ► Shop Fine Art Phone Cases at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/collections/iphone-cases → Join our FREE newsletter: https://www.inspiraggio.com/pages/newsletter → Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiraggio → Contact: [email protected] 0:00 Introduction 1:07 Franz von Stuck 1:59 The Wild Hunt 2:50 Analysis 5:22 Coincidence? SOURCES Art & Object — "Myths and Darkness in Franz von Stuck's The Wild Hunt" https://www.artandobject.com/news/myths-and-darkness-franz-von-stucks-wild-hunt All About History — "Did this gloomy painting predict the rise of Adolf Hitler?" https://www.historyanswers.co.uk/people-politics/did-this-painting-foresee-the-rise-of-adolf-hitler/ Robert G. L. Waite — "The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler" (1977), Basic Books Carl Gustav Jung — "Symbols of Transformation" (1967), Princeton University Press Wikipedia — Franz von Stuck https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Stuck Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich — Official collection https://www.lenbachhaus.de/entdecken/sammlung-online #arthistory #art Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.