War Artists

War Artists

A war artist depicts some aspect of war through art. The art might be a pictorial record, or it might commemorate how war shapes lives. War artists explore the visual and sensory dimensions of war, often absent in written histories or other accounts of warfare.

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Famous quotes containing the words war and/or artists:

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    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

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