Hitler Larger-Than-Life (painting)

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Date: 2006-present [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: North America [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Medium: Painting [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]


Artist: Gage Delprete


Confronting Bodies: Marblehead Arts Association


Dates of Action: June 2010


Location: Marblehead, Massachusetts


Description of Artwork: A painting of Adolf Hitler

The Incident: The painting was hung up at the Marblehead Arts Association along with other paintings by Delprete. A family who had ties with relatives who were murdered in the Holocaust saw the painting and demanded that the artwork be taken down. The Association obliged the family and took it down.

Results of Incident: After three days, the Association decided to re-hang the portrait of Hitler.

Source: http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/arts/x157354553/Hung-up-on-Hitler [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]