tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6494890625753420669..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Franz Marc, Kandinsky, and Camouflagesnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-71760945222380205912019-02-16T20:07:50.123-08:002019-02-16T20:07:50.123-08:00And of course there's Umberto Boccioni, the fu...And of course there's Umberto Boccioni, the futurist master painter and sculptor who died from a horse accident in 1916, serving in the Italian cavalry. Just 33. The list goes on and on.<br /> merrillbrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12939038374454843000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-37526266176600941822016-01-14T15:37:52.498-08:002016-01-14T15:37:52.498-08:00Or even the great Canadian poet John McCrae who in...Or even the great Canadian poet John McCrae who inspired the red poppy trend with his poem "In Flanders Field ?" He died, I believe, in October, 1918, of pneumonia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569175249488616541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-65231045267770317422016-01-14T15:27:09.176-08:002016-01-14T15:27:09.176-08:00I realize that you meant visual artists who were k...I realize that you meant visual artists who were killed in the fighting, but Gustav Klimt died early 1918 in Vienna of the flu pandemic having been weakened in the general shortages prevalent in the Austrian capital at that time. And what about the great anti-war poet, Wilfred Owen? Every student of English literature has had to read his poetry?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569175249488616541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-33680358249244804272016-01-13T22:00:22.671-08:002016-01-13T22:00:22.671-08:00Please forgive me for contacting you this way; I c...Please forgive me for contacting you this way; I could not find any other contact information. <br /><br />I run the blog English Historical Fiction Authors and am the President of the M.M. Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction. I am setting up a blog tour for the 2015 winner of the award, Greg Taylor, for his novel Lusitania R.E.X, obviously about the sinking of the Lusitania and surrounding Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-91876606067671848212016-01-13T16:23:31.587-08:002016-01-13T16:23:31.587-08:00This was one of Marc' more interesting exploit...This was one of Marc' more interesting exploits at the front. However the works of Kandinsky's Marc is referring to are not Kandinsky's famous nonobjective works, but rather his earlier work such as Reitendes Paar from 1906, which you can see here: http://www2.eu-bs.de/bauzeichner/Kandinsky/paar.htm Hence the reference to pointillism. Jean Marie Careyhttp://deutschemoderne.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-4694697476446715042016-01-13T10:17:55.333-08:002016-01-13T10:17:55.333-08:00I love these little-known synergies. Thanks, as a...I love these little-known synergies. Thanks, as always, for thoughtful posts! Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-1319538183359019682016-01-13T09:25:11.150-08:002016-01-13T09:25:11.150-08:00A smart article on the intersection of camouflage ...A smart article on the intersection of camouflage and avant-garde art in WWI can be found at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4364ae4c-d316-11db-829f-000b5df10621.htmlMark Levitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16235431675839079333noreply@blogger.com