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World War I was unique for the art it inspired, and for the art's disillusion with war itself; winners and losers both despaired. In an essay written for an ongoing World War I exhibit at the New ...
The sky filled with cannon explosions and artillery rounds pounded the ground, churning the battlefield earth and killing soldiers. Nearby, George Ostrom sketched the scene before him — the opening ...
The Lost Underground Art of World War I. 1 of 23. A hundred years ago in a subterranean chapel, an unknown artist carved this image of a French soldier praying.
The Second World War altered the map of Europe, and redistributed art on an unprecedented scale. But few people know the astonishing extent of art looting during the war. Adolf Hitler and his ...
In 1964 Mitchell had an exhibition at the University of Maryland of work from World War II called “On War: Drawings from the Arena,” pulled from his personal collection.
LIFESTYLE World War I monument to be unveiled across from White House this fall: 'Sacred art' Bronx-based sculptor reveals creative process behind bronze memorial depicting ‘A Soldier’s Journey’ ...
His drawings and paintings from World War One contained an explicit and angry anti-war message, and his work in World War Two continued this didactic element but with notable differences.
During World War II, aircraft nose art was more than decoration - it was identity, morale, and memory. Each painted plane carried stories of courage, humor, and heartbreak. In this episode, we ...
The works of art which were confiscated, stolen, or burnt on Polish territory between 1939 and 1945 number hundreds of thousands. Here, we haven't written about those which were destroyed and lost ...