Portrait of War The U.S. Army's First Combat Artists and the Doughboys' Experience in WWI

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780471670230
  • 08 december 2006
  • 352 pagina's
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The gripping story of the artists who were "embedded" with American troops during WWI to witness, explore and depict in their art the trials and triumphs of the soldiers.

"Riveting . . . Krass weaves a fascinating story of the first official attempt by the Army to capture the essence of war through the eyes and pencils of eight top American artists who were sent to the Western Front in France. A marvelous eyewitness story of the 'Big War.'"
—Col. H. A. Chenoweth, USMCR Ret., Korean War veteran, Vietnam and Gulf War combat artist, and author of Art of War A Searing Account of World War I as Seen by the Artist

Eighty-five years before there were embedded journalists with American armed forces in Iraq, eight brave artist-soldiers risked their lives in the trenches and battlefields to bring the reality of World War I back home.

In Portrait of War, Peter Krass shares the heroic adventures of these men as they witnessed, explored, and depicted the trials and triumphs of the American soldier and the tragedy of war. Written with the intensity of a novel, this compelling narrative follows the artists as they marched shoulder to shoulder with the doughboys, sketching while under fire and doing their best to stay alive. Studded with examples of their remarkable work and excerpts from the artists' journals, this thrilling account places us at the front lines as surely as our television cameras do today.



Portrait of War tells the gripping true story of eight graphic artists recruited by the government and sent into combat to create a visual historical record of World War I. Featuring both their stunning illustrations and deep personal reflections, Portrait of War is a moving testament to the bravery of these artist-soldiers and the remarkable record of war they left behind.

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08 december 2006
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352
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Peter Krass
Tweede Auteur
Bert Visscher
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John Wiley & Sons Inc

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Portrait of War: The U.S. Army's First Combat Artists and the Doughboys' Experience in WWI

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