Sentences with phrase «world war he painted»

During the Second World War he painted murals and portraits as a member of the United States Army Special Services.

After the second world war his paintings attained a more somber and elegiac style.

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In June, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne readied skeptical Britons for the deepest hack to public spending since the Second World War by painting an almost utopian picture of the Canadian experience.

The world outside the church building is broadly painted as a vile, immoral war zone, with «God's people» hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned.

Yes those extremists try to paint the US as the Great Satan who's on a holy war against Islam, but that's not a pill swallowed by the majority of the muslim world.

«Perhaps World Wars are the black spots necessary for the perfection of the divine painting» (p. 51).

The painting is a terrible prophecy of the transvaluation of all values which Nietzsche proclaimed and which World War I was soon to visit upon Europe.

David G. Roskie's compelling study Against the Apocalypse: Responses to Catastrophe in Modem Jewish Culture discusses the cross symbol's use not only in Chagall's painting, but in the literary work of Der Nister, Lamed Shapiro, Sholem Asch, S. Y. Agnon and the poet Uri Zvi Greenberg (Harvard University Press, 1984 [pp. 258 - 310]-RRB- In literature written before World War II (and under the influence of biblical criticism that had emancipated Jesus» image from its doctrinal Christian vesture), these authors used the cross symbol variously; for Asch, the crucified figure in all his Jewishness symbolized universal suffering; for Shapiro and Agnon, on the other hand, the cross remained an emblem of violence and a reminder of Christian enmity against Jews.

Painted in 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II, it then represented a new line for Picasso, whose abstract techniques have done more to influence 20th century painting than that of any other artist.

Watching a World War Two battle re-enactment of soldiers running across muddy wasteland and tanks firing in to the night sky, paints a much clearer picture than anything you can read from an exercise book.

Ø in 2011, Philip C. Smith, a highly decorated Korean War combat veteran and well - known figure in Schuyler County government and veterans» affairs; Ø in 2012, J. Arthur «Archie» Kieffer, a World War II combat veteran and a widely admired fixture in Chemung County government as the Chemung County historian; Ø in 2013, Painted Post Mayor and World War II combat veteran Roswell L. «Roz» Crozier, Jr.; Ø in 2014, Anthony J. «Tony» Specchio, Sr., a distinguished Korean War veteran and widely respected for his long - standing and active service to veterans and government in Watkins Glen and throughout Schuyler County; and Ø in 2016, P. Earle Gleason, a lifelong Yates County resident and long - time director of the Yates County Veterans» Service Agency.

In John Lennon's iconic song «Imagine,» he paints a world without war, greed or hunger.

This Week in World War I: October 17, 1914 The cover wrap of the issue has a painting of an armored car, charging into — surely not running away from!

Jackson Pollock, for instance, used drums of World War II surplus paints for his splashiest effects, and he often added texture by mixing in things such as cigarette butts.

But its most famous frequent guest was Winston Churchill, the British prime minister who painted watercolor seascapes inside his private cabana following World War II.

Since World War II, he's had difficulty holding down a job due to his hot temper and affinity for paint thinner - spiked potions, but the charismatic Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman in a more subtle, but equally skillful turn) finds him irresistible as a project, a surrogate son — maybe even the shadow self that he normally keeps hidden (Dodd shares Quell's propensity for the occasional splenetic outburst).

For someone who'd only read about military conquest in history textbooks, Steven Spielberg's World War II painted the missing horrors and chaos of war with his opening D - Day sequence on the beaches of NormanWar II painted the missing horrors and chaos of war with his opening D - Day sequence on the beaches of Normanwar with his opening D - Day sequence on the beaches of Normandy.

Below, on Charlie Rose, she also talks about how she digs back into the Holocaust (as she did for one of her favorite roles as an Mossad spy in John Madden's «The Debt») in order to play elderly Jewish woman Maria Altmann, who 60 years after she fled Vienna during World War II, fought to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting «Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer I.» The Weinstein Company now opens Simon Curtis's «Woman in Gold,» co-starring Ryan Reynolds, on April 1.

Helen Mirren is perfect in the leading role of Maria Altmann, the Austrian refugee who sues her homeland for the return of Gustav Klimt paintings the Nazis took from her family at the outset of World War Two.

Some people have surmised that Ant - Man and the Wasp is set before the events of Infinity War considering the trailer did not paint the picture of a world that was dealing with half of its inhabitants suddenly gone.

This hand - painted visual poem explores the ideas of diaspora, homeland, and the mass deportations of the Kalmyk people during World War II.

The game is reportedly set during World War 1 period and the game will be a «story - driven narrative adventure set during World War I with a unique painted style that plans to deliver an entertaining experience unlike anything before.»

The first official trailer for Mudbound paints a picture of racism and post-traumatic stress for two men returning home to rural Mississippi after serving in World War II.

Hailed by the New York Times on its Paris release as «one of the great films in motion picture history,» Raymond Bernard's Wooden Crosses, France's answer to All Quiet on the Western Front, still stuns with its depiction of the travails of one French regiment during World War I. Using a masterful arsenal of film techniques, from haunting matte paintings to jarring documentary - like camerawork in the film's battle sequences, Bernard created a pacifist work of enormous empathy and chilling despair.

Though it's an act of vandalism, graffiti is also regarded as an artistic style, as much a contemporary statement as the early Dadaists painting on urinals to make bold statements against World War I.

If you are fortunate, you had a few creative teachers — ones like those who challenge students to write long division raps, choreograph geometry dances, perform World War II radio commercials, and paint literary quotes on ceiling tiles.»

This Time War of the Worlds article describes some of the hysteria, painting a strong contrast between the easily - fooled folks of 1938 and people today.

Abingdon's One And A Half — Jonathan Wood recalls the VA the smallest of the three saloons made by MG towards the end of the»30s / Pau: A Popular Revival — The inaugural Grand Prix Historique contained all the ingredients for lasting success reports Douglas Blain / Bellows To Buses — Norman Painting relates how a West Midlands general engineer became a diversified vehicle producer but lost the plot after the First World War / Maudslay's Might - Have - Beens — Concluding Nick Baldwin's account of the early years of the Maudslay Motor Co. / Japanese Microcars — Michael Worthington - Williams recalls some amazing light cars and microcars produced up to the 1950s when Japan was far from the successful motor manufacturing nation it is today / Phantom a La Packard — This month the Editor tries out a Phantom II whose dual cowl bodywork was modelled on a Packard phaeton.

The early years of Wolseley — How the company developed up to the First World War by Norman Painting / Homage to a Morris 8 — D.H. Smith relates his memories of a 1937 Morris 8 named «Cleopatra» / Amilcar anniversary — Brian Heath visited the Auvergne in company with other Amilcar enthusiasts on the occasion of the car's 75th anniversary / The Citroen 2CV phenomenon — The story of this unconventional classic is told by Chris Bowes / Honeymoon trip in a Riley — Malcolm Bates tells us about a young couple's trip to remember in a 1929/30 Riley Monaco / Memories of Woolf Barnato and W.O. Bentley — Rivers Fletcher relates his personal reminiscences of Woolf Barnato and W.O. Bentley in the 1920s and 30s / 1933 Alvis Speed Twenty — This month The Editor gives us his impressions of this traditional — but tecnically advanced — British sporting car / Sunbeam Talbot Darracq rally — A report on the STD register's national rally by Nick Baldwin / Vulcan history part two — Michael Worthington - Williams continues his article on this comparitively little known manufacturer.

The castle which gave its name to the city after the Second World War is 17th century (built on the site of a 14th century one) and is surrounded by classic wood - beamed, white - painted German houses.

The reasons unfold in a series of events that trace the ownership of the painting back to World War II and Amsterdam, and still further back to the moment of the work's inspiration.

When Rachel Kushner sat down to write her second novel, she had three images taped to the wall above her desk: A pretty young blonde woman, face painted for war, with an X of tape across her lips, which eventually became the cover image; a well - heeled engineer standing with his creation, a 1971 Ducati motorcycle; and two men racing by in a primitive cycle and sidecar, circa World War I.Thewar, with an X of tape across her lips, which eventually became the cover image; a well - heeled engineer standing with his creation, a 1971 Ducati motorcycle; and two men racing by in a primitive cycle and sidecar, circa World War I.TheWar I.The...

At an art opening one night he meets Clas Greve, who is not only the perfect candidate for a major CEO job, but also, perhaps, the answer to his financial woes: Greve just so happens to mention that he owns a priceless Peter Paul Rubens painting that's been lost since World War II — and Roger Brown just so happens to dabble in art theft.

As World War I rages and the Romanov dynasty reaches its sudden, brutal end, a young jewelry maker discovers love, passion, and her own healing powers in this rich and romantic ghost story, the perfect follow - up to M.J. Rose's «brilliantly crafted» (Providence Journal) novel The Witch of Painted Sorrows.

Evocative watercolor paintings illuminate a World War II story of cross-generational love and convey the longing of a child anticipating her mother's return home.

In This is How It Begins, Ludka Zeilonka, art history professor and survivor of the World War II Nazi invasion of Poland, rescued a valuable painting from certain theft or destruction at the hands of the Germans.

But crime takes place anywhere, and this gentle valley in southwestern France has more history packed within it than anywhere on earth, from the prehistoric cave paintings of the Cro - Magnons, the hundreds of medieval châteaus and the importance of the local Resistance during World War II.

A bestselling Australian writer's American debut and a heart - wrenching novel of World War I, painting a portrait of the changing role of women in medicine and the powerful legacy of love.

-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) «Simonson's second novel paints a sensitive, witty, luminous portrait of England at the outbreak of World War I.» — Shelf Awareness «This novel is just the ticket for fans of Simonson's debut, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, and for any reader who enjoys leisurely fiction steeped in the British past.»

- Amy Stewart, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Drunken Botanist «A heartfelt, vivid account of a hunt for lost masterpieces painted by a great - grandfather that prove to be unforgettable relics of a rich world swept away by war, taking readers on a lusciously detailed international journey that reminds us that the search for missing paintings is, at heart, a search for missing history.»

The looted art collection is equally impressive, with French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings taken from German private collections to the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.

EA's hugely successful World War I shooter received its first lick of paint today, in an update that fixed a wide variety of release - day glitches.

Richmond, UK — April 25th, 2018 — BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe today announce a collaboration with the world famous Aardman Studios and DigixArt to create 11 - 11: MEMORIES RETOLD, a story - driven narrative adventure set during World War I, with a unique painted style that plans to deliver an entertaining experience unlike anything beworld famous Aardman Studios and DigixArt to create 11 - 11: MEMORIES RETOLD, a story - driven narrative adventure set during World War I, with a unique painted style that plans to deliver an entertaining experience unlike anything beWorld War I, with a unique painted style that plans to deliver an entertaining experience unlike anything before.

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Bandai Namco, Aardman Studios and DigixArt have announced that they have teamed up to develop 11 - 11: Memories Retold, a story - driven narrative adventure set during World War I with a unique painted style that plans to deliver an entertaining experience unlike anything before.

UK animator Aardman Studios partners with Bandai Namco to bring the First World War to life through paint

«I asked him if he'd seen the World War II bombers with girls painted on them and said, «Let's paint on your satellite.

Encouraged to paint what surrounded them, the paintings immortalise the history of east London's streets and buildings, with member Albert Turpin's later works documenting the drastic remodelling of the area following the Second World War.

Younger than this generation, all of whom were born in the early 1930s, and were undoubtedly affected by the horrors of World War II, Farrell shares something with the reductive impulses that are central to Minimalist artists such as Robert Ryman, Brice Marden and, to a lesser degree the Radical Painting of Marcia Hafif.

Post World War II Jackson Pollock's radical approach to painting revolutionized the potential for all subsequent Contemporary art.