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Tag Archives: WWII
1945: Hiroshima
Model of the atomic bomb impact on Hiroshima at the Peace Memorial Museum there.
1930: Setting Sun
Chiura Obata: Setting Sun on Sacramento Valley, California (1930) As Japanese-Americans, Obata and his family were interned at the Tanforan detention center in California during WWII. Along with other artists, he established an art school in the camp; teachers taught … Continue reading
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1942: Convoy
Norman Wilkinson: The “Ohio” in the Malta Convoy (1942)
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Art, Great Britain, Norman Wilkinson, Painting, Ships & Sailing, WWII
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1944: World’s Most Beautiful Leg
Nazi Propaganda Poster (1944)
1941: Degenerate Art
Emil Nolde: Meer bei Abenddämmerung [Sea at Dusk] An anti-Semite who believed in the cultural superiority of “Germanic” art and supported the Nazi Party beginning in the 1920’s, Emil Nolde was surprised when his own paintings were targeted in the … Continue reading
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1940: Resistance
Hand-cranked mimeograph machine used by the Belgian resistance to produce underground newspapers and pamphlets during the Nazi occupation. (source)
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1945: Tadayori Kihara’s Suitcase
When the first atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima, Tadayori Kihara was riding his bicycle onto a bridge; this suitcase was mounted behind his seat. The blast threw Kihara off his bicycle and onto the bridge walkway. Most of the skin … Continue reading
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1944: On This Day
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Paris, August 25 1944
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Tagged Art, Fascism, France, Germany, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, Photography, WWII
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1953: Painter / Spy
Tomás Harris: Mallorca Series No.9 (1953) Tomás Harris trained at the Slade School of Fine Art and the British Academy in Rome before deciding to follow in his wealthy father’s footsteps and become an art dealer in London. Early in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 19th Century, Art, Espionage, Great Britain, Painting, Soviet Union, Spain, Tomás Harris, Trees, WWII
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1942: Pamphlet
Since the conquest of Poland, 300,000 Jews have been murdered in this country in the most bestial way… The German people slumber on in dull, stupid sleep and encourage the fascist criminals. Each wants to be exonerated of guilt, each … Continue reading
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Activism, Alexander Schmorell, Christoph Probst, Fascism, Germany, Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, Willi Graf, WWII
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