The Great War and the Movies Propaganda and Mass Media The Crimean War (1852-1856) taught the British government a very useful lesson: in case of war, censor. One of the famous thorns in the side of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, William Howard Russell (1821-1907)...
Sir David Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) The First Official War Artist It is one of the ironies of British military history that Wellington House decided to take two steps that would change the way in which the Great War was depicted for the public in the fateful summer of...
Sir David Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) The First Official War Artist The Great War posed unique challenges to artists, especially those born deep in the nineteenth century and trained in its artistic techniques and standards. Mature and distinguished by the time the War...
Georges Braque Post-War Return to Cubism The question both during and after the Great War was the fate of Cubism. The forward thrust of the pre-war avant-garde in Paris was abruptly halted by what Barbara Tuchman called “The Guns of August.” Conflict and...
George Braque at War Recovering from War On August 3rd, 1914, Germany declared war on France and, oddly enough, France never declared war on Germany. The last days of July and the first days of August were like tumbling dice, with the Russians starting the roll of...
Matisse at War The Dark Period, Part Two The Great War proved to be an important transition for Henri Matisse (1869-1954), out of Fauvism, an excursion into Cubism, a walk through dark despair and, finally, a breakthrough into the sun. For any artist, finding the next...
