Paintings of war

[Tactical Frog]

A thread dedicated to the art of painting war !

Francisco Goya
The Second Of May, 1808: The Charge Of The Mamelukes, 1814

 

[Tactical Frog]

Very interesting material regarding WWI there

http://madefrom.com/history/world-war-one/painting/

 

[Tactical Frog]

Socialist realism !

Alexander Deineka. A Defence of Sebastopol. 1942

http://en.rusmuseum.ru/collections/...xxi-century/artworks/a-defence-of-sebastopol/

 

[HeinzGud]

A dramatized painting of the 1818 Sinhalese rebellion.

 

[Tactical Frog]

Liberation War by Zainul Abedin, 2013.

Bangladesh National Museum

 

[Tactical Frog]

Ha ! Union Jack down. Little revenge for Trafalgar and Battle of the Nile

Battle of Grand Port ( Mauritius island) , 1810
By Pierre-Julien Gilbert
Musée national de la Marine, Brest

Great paintings inspired by the Battle of Jutland (1916) there

http://www.jutland1916.com/paintings/

 

[Tactical Frog]

Just Wow. Soviet War paintings.


http://allworldwars.com/Soviet War Paintings.html
http://allworldwars.com/Soviet-War-Paintings-Part-II.html

 

[Mikesingh]

Here's a painting of The Storming Of Mooltan in 1849 where my battalion was awarded the first of its 12 Battle Honours. This painting is in the Royal Academy of Arts, Britain as well as the Regimental Centre and the Battalion's officers Mess.

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The storming of Mooltan. Oil Painting - John Harris