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Paintings of WWI

I can't attest for the accuracy of the color of these paintings, but the photos are all in the public domain, and taken together, they illustrate the horrors "the war that would end all wars."
Attacking the monster! General Officers of World War I The Germans Arrive The Second Battle of Ypres German trench warfare
The Welsh at Mametz Wood Wire Tanks German sentries Vor der Kaserne (In Front of the Barracks)
La Contemplation An Observer Italian nurse as comforting beauty The Cross of France Artillery Drivers in the Snow, Italian Front
La Mitrailleuse Opening Presents from Home Lord Kitchener inspecting the troops The Guns British Scouts over the Asiago Plateau, Italy
Crashed Aeroplane 1st Zeppelin shot down by Allied aircraft Death and the Soldier La Gare de l'Est The Munitions Girls
On the Trail of the Hun La Guerre The Road From Arras to Bapaume Destruction of Turkish Transport The German Tango
Conning Tower Sinking of the Linda Black French recapturing Fort Douaumont Travoys Arriving with Wounded at a Dressing-Station Over the Top
A French underground hospital at Verdun Gassed Soldiers Burying Their Comrades in the Moonlight Germans watching burning buildings after an air attack Pestilence (War)
The Taking of Vimy Ridge, Easter Morning 1917 For What? Vimy Ridge A Howitzer Firing Seduction Self portrait as a soldier
The Menin Road Sargeant Alvin C. York Paths of Glory An Observation Post, Winter Snow-Covered Ruins on the Western Front
Stand To Before Dawn Spring in the Trenches, Ridge Wood The Kensingtons at Laventie Battle of Doberḍ, fought between the Italians and the Austro-Hungarians Edith Cavell
La Patrie Machine shop U-boat interior U-Boat Sinks Target Wounded received after the Battle of Jutland
An Advanced Dressing Station in France Verdun Verdun The Barricade A French Highway
A Toast to Kultur Danse macabre Rations Up, Winter Stretcher bearers Ypres
A convoy in the North Sea Gondola Basket of a Zeppelin An Incident on the Western Front Attack by a German Taube Plane Night flying
French Bombers Return from a Night-time Raid The Chateau at Thiepval Zonnebeke (Belgium) Street in Arras, France Germans in a Trench
1919 - Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool House of Ypres The Void German Prisoners 1918 - We are Making a New World
Gassed and Wounded The Hospital Tent Scottish Women's Hospital The Dead Stretcher-Bearer The Captive
To the End The Conquerors Ypres Seen from an Aeroplane Surgical Hospital at the Star and Garter Hotel, England Surrender of the German Fleet, November 16, 1918
Croix de Guerre The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles To the Unknown British Soldier in France Cemetery at Etaples War Cripples (45% Fit for Service)
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Ehud Dekel07-Jan-2018 20:36
For those who forgot what war looks like. V! Ehud
carlogalliani19-Nov-2017 08:28
Very good gallery
Jola Dziubinska23-Mar-2017 10:16
Great collection, thanks for sharing, John. Sad thing is people never learn :(
Cemil Gursen20-Feb-2017 11:01
Very interesting gallery. Photographed nicely. I particularly like to see the brush strokes clearly in the paintings. Well done. V
Shane Graves25-Sep-2014 09:45
Such is War. We fight them differently now but no less horrific. An interesting gallery you have. V
XiaoBernard9912-Dec-2013 10:09
VEry interesting to walk here
Dan Greenberg07-Dec-2013 00:09
Very cool series. Thanks for sharing them. They are all very powerful and a great insight into the period. ~BV~
Gerwyn Gibbs04-Dec-2013 19:27
Powerful images of artists' interpretations of war, sometimes more engrossing that that captured through a lens. Many thanks for posting.
Buba Jafarli03-Dec-2013 21:10
This is such an interesting collection! Thank you for sharing it, John! V.
Debbiepelton02-Dec-2013 21:17
Those are some pretty scary pictures you got there!
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