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Brushes With War: Paintings and Drawings by the Troops of World War I
Joel R. Parkinson
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Description for Brushes With War: Paintings and Drawings by the Troops of World War I
Num Pages: 240 pages, 236 images. BIC Classification: ACXD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 304 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2214.
Brushes With War is a unique history of World War I in broad brush strokes. Over 230 original paintings, drawings, sculpture, and trench art by the combatants of World War I cover all aspects of the war and most major battles from Mons (1914) to the Meuse-Argonne (1918). The artists were American, Austrian, Australian, Belgian, British, Canadian, French, German, and Russian soldiers. These were not professional artists, but amateurs depicting their own daily struggles as they saw them. Just as snapshot photos are often more realistic than posed professional portraits, these works of art are more genuine impressions of the ... Read more
Brushes With War is a unique history of World War I in broad brush strokes. Over 230 original paintings, drawings, sculpture, and trench art by the combatants of World War I cover all aspects of the war and most major battles from Mons (1914) to the Meuse-Argonne (1918). The artists were American, Austrian, Australian, Belgian, British, Canadian, French, German, and Russian soldiers. These were not professional artists, but amateurs depicting their own daily struggles as they saw them. Just as snapshot photos are often more realistic than posed professional portraits, these works of art are more genuine impressions of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764346347
SKU
V9780764346347
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About Joel R. Parkinson
Joel R. Parkinson was an engineer who worked on research & development for nuclear submarines during the Cold War. He is now pastor of Covenant Bible Church and is the Director & Curator of the World War History & Art Museum (WWHAM) in Alliance, Ohio.
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