War Artist

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 artist:

    “Once lead this people into war and they will forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “An artist needn’t be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.”
    —Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)