Soldier Art of World War II
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Artists and War: The Face of Battle in. Paintings and Prints: 1700–1914. Soldier Art. of World War II. By P E T E R H A R R I N G T O N ...
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“W orld War II will go into history more vividly documented than any other conflict.” So wrote Captain Edwin Taggert in 1946 in describing the War Department’s “huge and still growing collection of drawings, water-colors, and paintings depicting almost every facet of the war.” On balance, the art collected by the various ser- vices provides a detailed record of all theaters of the war as well as a full range of combat opera- tions on land, at sea, and in the air. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor thousands of men enlisted in the Armed Forces, including many artists. Assigned to camps and bases across the Nation they applied their tal- ents to painting murals which transformed drab bar- racks, day rooms, mess halls, and service clubs. This sol- dier art was fostered by the Office of War Information’s Bureau of Publications and Graph- ics which issued a pamphlet enti- tled Interior Design and Soldier Art on how “to surround military person- nel with a cheerful and attractive environment, reflecting the tradi- tions, accomplishments, and high standards of Army life.” Among its larger projects were those carried out at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and Keesler Field, Mississippi. Interest in war-related art also took root outside the Armed Forces. By February 1942 the Office of Emergency Management had or- ganized an exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington in which 2,582 works on the theme of war and defense were submitted by over a thousand artists. Soldier art competitions were held around the country and in April 1942 Life magazine announced a competi- tion whose entries were to “relate to scenes connected with the artist’s experiences while on active duty with the Armed Forces.” This was the first time that a national magazine had taken an active part in promoting soldier art. In fact, Life had commissioned artists in 1941 to represent how America was preparing for war. The artists in- volved were Tom Lea, Floyd Davis, Fle ...
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