2020年11月12日 · When Britain fought in the First World War, it was a time of major changes in artistic movements, and the period is particularly rich with a variety of art styles. The development of photography in the late 19th Century had pushed painting particularly away from realism, into a broad group called expressionism.

2024年7月3日 · Through art, such as paintings of WWI, we can see how intense and overwhelming the time was for everyone, even if it pales next to the events that began two decades later. Like all military conflicts, WWI was depicted in various forms including film, photography, and of course, paintings.

A remarkable group of paintings was commissioned by the British government towards the end of the First World War as a memorial to the dead. They wanted to permanently display the paintings in a bespoke memorial gallery, known as the Hall of …

2017年10月16日 · Rather than offering a particular style or focused view, as discussed in this post, the show presents a diverse group of works that identify an array of approaches, materials, and techniques used by those working in both fine and applied art.

2021年8月4日 · These artists were united in their belief that art could be a political weapon, showing the war with utter clarity. Bold, new, avant‐garde movements such as Expressionism, Dadaism, Constructivism, Bauhaus, and New Objectivity emerged during this turbulent period.

2014年8月12日 · Armed with sketchpads, charcoals, pastels and little to no military training, the artists embedded with the American Expeditionary Forces and sketched everything from rolling tanks to portraits of...

2022年8月27日 · Media in category "Paintings of World War I" The following 181 files are in this category, out of 181 total. "La Croix d'Honneur, ou Portrait de Paul Charrin", par Georges Scott (1915).JPG 2,692 × 3,345; 1.71 MB

2017年4月25日 · And now, for a limited time, the remarkable World War I paintings that Claggett Wilson also left behind are back in view, too. It’s a show worth seeing.

2011年1月26日 · Much has been written about World War I, the Great War, the war to end all wars. But nothing evokes the horror, the misery, and the needless suffering, quite so well as the poetry and art produced by the men and women who witnessed this carnage at first hand.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum's battlefield watercolors by artist and soldier Claggett Wilson (available to view online) and works by other artists in the American Expeditionary Forces paint a recognizable picture of life at war.