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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 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 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 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 ...
Art and film historian David Lubin describes many of the images featured in his book, [Grand Illusions: American Art & the First World War].
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.
Two Henri Matisse paintings from 1939 that were part of the same collection before the war have reunited decades later. images provided by the Art Institute of Chicago Matisses, Picassos ...
Billion-dollar art battle steeped in WWII history 13:49. The following is a script from "Discovered" which aired on April 6, 2014, and was rebroadcast on July 13, 2014.
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’ ...
Nat Berman, a World War II veteran with a sharp memory, ... ABC7 Salutes World War II veteran whose drawings capture life on battlefield. By John Gregory. Wednesday, December 11, 2019.