Adolf Hitler showed a preference for traditional themes and styles. In his early days on the streets of Venice, he mostly painted cityscapes that he copied from postcards. The pictures on the postcards themselves were painted by other German painters. Other subjects that Hitler liked to paint were female nudes and flowers. Most of his works show a preference for landscapes that reflect his desire for sterile clinical perfection, and much of his inner psyche is revealed by the fact that he painted with little or no attention paid towards the human figures in his compositions.