# Is there any evidence of Mussolini as an artist ? or choreographer?

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**Created:** [November 26, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-of-mussolini-as-an-artist-or-choreographer/975573 "2022-11-26T07:17:27Z")
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### Author: ![Octagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/2acd7d/32.png) [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-of-mussolini-as-an-artist-or-choreographer/975573/1 "2022-11-26T07:17:27Z")

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I haven’t been able to find any evidence of Mussolini directing or choreographing or otherwise designing any type of art. Stalin wrote poetry, Hitler painted. What were Mussolini’s accomplishments ( if any) in the fine arts ? Did he design anything like a flag or Romanesque eagle ?

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### Author: ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-of-mussolini-as-an-artist-or-choreographer/975573/2 "2022-11-26T07:27:48Z")

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Mussolini’s Wikipedia entry indicates that, as a young man, he was a journalist and writer; it looks like he wrote one novel, and several stories, as well as a biography of Jan Hus, though it also looks like he focused most of his writing on essays and political thought.

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### Author: ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-of-mussolini-as-an-artist-or-choreographer/975573/3 "2022-11-26T07:36:19Z")

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> [@Octagon](#):
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> Hitler painted.

[Yes, he did.](https://youtu.be/TNnpXLiJIC0)

Stranger

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#### Post date: [November 26, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-of-mussolini-as-an-artist-or-choreographer/975573/4 "2022-11-26T17:08:10Z")

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Pinochet’s tumbling was a marvel to behold.