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He painted posters during World War II in support of the war effort, among them the famous "We Can Do It!" poster. Aside from the iconic poster, Miller remains largely unknown. [4] For many years, little had been written about Miller's life, with uncertainty extending to his birth and death dates.
First, art (and, more generally, culture) found itself at the centre of an ideological war. Second, during World War II, many artists found themselves in the most difficult conditions (in an occupied country, in internment camps, in death camps) and their works are a testimony to a powerful "urge to create." Such creative impulse can be ...
Thomas "Tom" Calloway Lea III (July 11, 1907 – January 29, 2001) was an American muralist, illustrator, artist, war correspondent, novelist, and historian.The bulk of his art and literary works were about Texas, north-central Mexico, and his World War II experience in the South Pacific and Asia.
The crowning achievement of this movement was to be Welthauptstadt Germania, the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin following the Nazis' presumed victory of World War II. [8] Speer, who oversaw the project, produced most of the plans for the new city. Only a small portion of the "World Capital" was ever built between 1937 and 1943.
A war artist will have depicted some aspect of war through art; this might be a pictorial record or it might commemorate how war shapes lives. [3] A war artist creates a visual account of war by showing its impact as men and women are shown waiting, preparing, fighting, suffering and celebrating.
Famous Artists Who Shaped the World of Art Visionaries continuously influence our world, and the following creative geniuses are some of the most renowned artists to have ever lived. #1 Leonardo ...
An image of a Petty Girl talking on a phone was used as the "nose art" on the famous World War II B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle. In 1959 a vector rendition of a Petty Girl derived from a 1956 Esquire calendar was displayed as part of the diagnostics for a SAGE air defense computer. This is claimed to be "earliest known figurative computer ...
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