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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 ...
During World War II Göring enriched himself on a large scale with art obtained from Jewish art collectors who were plundered and either fled or were deported to their deaths in Nazi camps. At the end of the war, Göring's personal collection included 1,375 paintings, many sculptures, carpets, furniture and other artifacts.
A colloquium in partnership with the National World War II Museum will be held on Feb. 11. The Hilliard is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on ...
The Spoils of War. World War II and its Aftermath: The Loss, Reappearance, and Recovery of Cultural Property (New York, 1997). United States War Department. "Civil Affairs Information Guide: Field Protection of Objects of Art and Archives". War Department Pamphlet Nr. 31-103. United States War Department. "Preservation and Use of Key Records in ...
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.
At the outbreak of World War II, Carr was offered commissions by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to paint scenes of bomb damage in London, both to landmarks such as St Pancras railway station and St Clement Danes Church and to housing in the suburbs. An exhibition of his war paintings was held at the National Gallery in July 1940. [3]
The last art piece to leave the museum was the Winged Victory of Samothrace, which was moved on September 3, 1939, the day the French ultimatum to Germany expired. [7] Throughout the war, the art pieces were clandestinely moved from château to château to avoid being taken back by the Nazis. [1]
Edward Brodney (April 15, 1910 – August 3, 2002) was an American artist, particularly noted for his drawings and paintings of World War II. [1] [2] He was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of an immigrant fisherman. One of seven children, an older brother was the screenwriter Oscar Brodney.