Banishing the War: The Etchings of Otto Dix
When the First World War, also known as the Great War, broke out, everyone was thrilled. The soldiers went happily to fight for their countries. All...
Errika Gerakiti 26 July 2024
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The Degenerate World of Otto Dix
A short haircut, a monocle, sharp facial features with pale skin and dark red lipstick, a plain, figure-disguising dress, and a cigarette casually...
Wendy Gray 26 July 2024
Splendor and Misery: New Objectivity at the Leopold Museum in Vienna
Within a plethora of avant-garde movements in the Western art of the 20th century, New Objectivity stands unique as one of the few using realist...
Szymon Jocek 26 July 2024
Jane Poupelet: The Female Sculptor Who Helped Disfigured War Veterans
Jane Poupelet was a French sculptress and illustrator most known for her involvement in World War I. There were not many female artists at the time...
Maia Heguiaphal 13 March 2023
Wyndham Lewis: Life, Art, War
“Vorticism, in fact, was what I, personally, did and said at a certain period”. These are the words of the 20th century’s most spoiled,...
Wendy Gray 2 July 2022
Masterpiece Story: The Kensingtons at Laventie by Eric Kennington
The painting The Kensingtons at Laventie, which we present today, is Eric Kennington’s most famous work. It has been described as “one of the...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 November 2021
5 Artists Who Became Soldiers During the First World War
Today we commemorate the anniversary of the end of the Great War. On this occasion we want to present you with artists who enlisted as soldiers...
Magda Michalska 11 November 2021
Sir William Orpen: The Official Artist of the First World War
Initially known for society portraits, Sir William Orpen (the knighthood came after the end of the war) became an official artist of the First World...
Wendy Gray 11 November 2021
Poppies in Art for the Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is a memorial remembering all the soldiers who died in the First World War. It was inaugurated by King George V in 1919 on 11th...
Magda Michalska 11 November 2021
Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One
On 11th November we celebrate Remembrance Day commemorating the end of World War One. Three years ago an art exhibition Tate Britain’s Aftermath:...
Wendy Gray 11 November 2021
CRW Nevinson: A World of Men Enslaved to a Terrific Machine of Their Own Making
Nevinson aligned himself with the Italian futurists who celebrated and embraced the violence and mechanized speed of the modern age. However, his...
Wendy Gray 14 November 2017
