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[citation needed] All artists who did not fall in line with the party's ideology (above all Jewish and Communist artists) were “un-German.” The Degenerate Art Exhibition (Munich, 19 July-30 Nov. 1937) was made out of works confiscated in German museums. The works were placed in unflattering ways, with derogatory comments and slogans painted ...
The years of warfare were the backdrop for art which is now preserved and displayed in such institutions as the Imperial War Museum in London and the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. Iconic memorials created after the war are designed as symbols of remembrance and as carefully contrived works of art.
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 Best of Life, 1973 David E. Scherman (March 2, 1916 – May 5, 1997) was an American photojournalist and editor. Born in Manhattan to a Celia née Harris and William Scherman, [ 1 ] Jewish family, [ 2 ] he grew up in New Rochelle, New York and then attended Dartmouth College .
A large plan was drafted by the Nazis for much of the stolen art to be featured in a so-called Führermuseum, [4] which would display much of the art plundered by the Nazis. This museum would feature works that were not considered to be " degenerate art " and would instead solely focus on the aesthetics that Hitler considered to be "good", and ...
The documentary tells the story of the Polish artist Stanisław Szukalski’s troubled life and complicated body of work. He created his own language, and is a self-taught sculptor, who once lost all his work in a Nazi bombing raid. [4]
This collection is now part of the U.S. Navy Art Collection. 176 of the total 204 paintings in the two series were published in Hamilton's book War at Sea, 1939–1945 . After completing his work on World War II, Hamilton turned to the more recent Falklands War and a study of the uses of the helicopter during that conflict.
The Joseph Bau House Museum, located at 9 Berdichevsky Street in Tel-Aviv, is an authentic artist workshop that conveys to the visitor the incredible life story of Joseph Bau, reflected in the wide range of his creativity, which includes paintings, graphics, movies, animation, and literature—all with the humor of his optimistic point of view.