Military Art

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier - Relief after the battle.

Military art is a kind of art which use battles as its main topic. These kind of pictures often express the courage of solidiers on the battle fields and the fierceness of war. Artists of this genre (known as war artists or combat artists) capture real battles in an artistic manner and use them as their inspiration for their work. I will show about some information about a notable war artist - Edward Bawden.

Edward Bawden

He was a British painter which served as an official war artist in Britain during WWII.

View from the enemy H.Q, 1941
His pictures were mostly painted by water color. From the above picture, we can see that Edward Bawden mainly focus on the landscape. He tried to capture the whole battle field in his paintings. With the usage of dark colour tone, he created a gloomy atmosphere in his paintings and I think it is the way he used to express the sadness of war.