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Official war artists have been appointed by governments for information or propaganda purposes and to record events on the battlefield; [2] but there are many other types of war artist. 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]
Spring in the Trenches, Ridge Wood, 1917 by Paul Nash.Nash was a war artist in both World War I and World War II. A war artist is an artist either commissioned by a government or publication, or self-motivated, to document first-hand experience of war in any form of illustrative or depictive record.
World War I very largely confirmed the end of the glorification of war in art, which had been in decline since the end of the previous century. [43] In general, and despite the establishment of large schemes employing official war artists , the most striking art depicting the war is that emphasizing its horror.
The United States Army Art Program or U.S. Army Combat Art Program is a U.S. Army program to create artwork documenting its involvements in war and peacetime engagements. The art collection associated with the program is held by the U.S. Army Center of Military History.
The U.S. Army War Art Unit was established in late 1942; and by the spring of 1943, 42 artists were selected. In May 1943, Congress withdrew funding the unit was inactivated. [3] The Army's Vietnam Combat Art Program was started in 1966. Teams of soldier-artists created pictorial accounts and interpretations for the annals of army military history.
Howard Brodie (November 18, 1915 – September 19, 2010) was a sketch artist best known for his World War II, Korean and Vietnam combat and courtroom sketches.He worked as a staff artist for Life, Yank Magazine, Collier's, Associated Press and CBS News.
German official war artists were commissioned by the military to create artwork in the context of a specific war. [1]Official war artists have been appointed by governments for information or propaganda purposes and to record events on the battlefield; [2] but there are many other types of artists depicting the subject or events of war.
This category is for articles on art that portrays war, and the artists who create it. See Commons:Category:Paintings of war for a collection of images. Subcategories.