Still from Film by Jacob Read |
It seems like every serious art gallery in world [Note to self: check the Hermitage] did an exhibit on the Great War during the recent Centennial. London's Tate Gallery emphasized (in their words) how artists responded to the physical and psychological scars left on Europe. The selections shown here are some of the most affecting I've been able to find on the Internet. Don't look for cheeriness.
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Prostitute and Disabled War Veteran, Two Victims of Capitalism, 1923
A Grave in a Trench, 1917
Survivors, 1929
Grey Day, 1921
The Deluge, 1920
Metropolis, 1923
The Jazz Club (The Dance Party), 1923
The International, 1928–30
Grave of a Serbian Soldier at Kenali 1917, 1917
No wonder rearmament wasn't popular during the interwar period!
ReplyDeleteSo powerful.
ReplyDelete"The International" is really optimistic - to me.