Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer
1944 / Offset color lithographic poster / 28”x20”
Various collections including Online Archive of California (OAC)
Tag Archives: War
November 20, 1945~ Nuremberg Trials Begin
The Dock, Nuremberg 1946 by Laura Knight
1946 / Oil on canvas / 72”x60” / Imperial War Museums, London
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Previous November 20 posts:
November 20~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/20~
November 18, 1916~ Battle of the Somme is finally called to a halt
The Eve of the Battle of the Somme by Herbert James Gunn
1916 / Oil on canvas / 33”x36” / Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, London, UK
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Previous November 18 posts:
November 18~ Artists at their Easels
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre: Born November 18, 1787
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/18~
November 16, 1532~ Inca ruler Atahualpa captured by Spanish conquistadors
Atahualpa, Fourteenth Inca, 1 of 14 Portraits of Inca Kings
by Unknown Peruvian artist
c.18th century / Oil on canvas / 23 5/8”x21 3/4” / Brooklyn Museum, NYC
Portrait series based on a 1615 Spanish engraving from a history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas
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Previous November 16 posts:
November 16~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/16~
November 12, 1969~ Journalist Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai Massacre story
My Lai by Hans Burkhardt
1969 / Oil, Assemblage with Skulls on Canvas / 77”x115” / Private collection
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Previous November 12 posts:
November 12~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/12~
November 11, 1918~ Germany signs Armistice with the Allies, ending WWI
The Armistice by Eugene Savage
1926 / Watercolor on Artist’s Paper / 29”x52” / Preparatory Work for Elks National Memorial Mural, Chicago, IL
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Previous November 11 posts:
November 11~ Artists at their Easels
Marie Anna Zacharias~ born November 11, 1828
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/11~
November 3, 1846~ British painter Elizabeth Thompson is born
Stand Fast Craigellachie by Lady Elizabeth Butler Thompson
1902 / Oil on canvas / 39 1/2”x33 3/5” / National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
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Previous November 3 posts:
November 3~ Artists at their Easels
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/3~
October 27, 312~ Constantine has a vision before Battle of Milvian Bridge
The Vision of Constantine by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1664-70 / Marble with painted stucco drapery / Over-life-size / Scala Regia, Vatican City, Italy
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Previous October 27 posts:
Autumn~ October 27
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/27~
September 7, 1901~ The Boxer Rebellion formally ends
The recapture of Tianjin by Unknown Artist
1900 / Color woodblock print / Dimensions? / The British Library, London
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Previous September 7 posts:
Hispanic Artists~September 7
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/7~
September 3, 1783~ Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Revolutionary War
American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Negotiations with Great Britain
by Benjamin West
1783 / Oil on canvas / 28 1/2”x36 1/4” / Winterthur Museum, Delaware
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Previous September 3 posts:
Hispanic Artists~September 3
Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/3~
