The Art of War
How War and Art Help Tell the
American History
By: Kelli Reppart
Art Teacher
Berrien Springs Middle School
Revolutionary War
• 1775 to 1783
• English Colonist vs. Great Britain
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emanuel Leutze, MMA-NYC, 1851.
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of
Bunker's Hill, June 17,1775
John Trumbull, 1786 Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Civil War
• 1861-1865
• Union (North) vs. Confederacy (South)
Home, Sweet Home
Winslow Homer, 1863 National Gallery Of Arts, Washington, D.C.
Civil War
World War I
• 1914-1918
• Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and AustriaHungry VS Triple Entente: Britain, France, and
Russia
• United States joined on the side of the Triple
Entente in 1917
• 320,518 soldiers dead or wounded and 3,350
missing.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
Destroy This Mad Brute
US government related, H.R. Hopps 1917
True Sons of Freedom
by: Charles Gustrine, 1918
Wake Up America!
James Montgomery Flagg, 1917.
Issued by U.S. Government 1917
1917
Gassed
John Singer Sargent, March 1919, Imperial War Museum, London
World War II
• 1939-1945
• Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan VS Major
Allied Powers: United States, Britain, France
and Russia
• US joined December 8th, 1941 after the
bombing of Pearl Harbor.
• 1,076,245 soldiers dead or wounded and
30,314 missing.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
Victor Keppler, 1944
Rosie the Riveter
J. Howard Miller, 1942
Jap… You’re Next!
James Montgomery Flagg
1944
Landing Craft or Embarkation
Jacob Lawrence
V-J Day in Time Square
(Kissing the War Good-Bye)
Alfred Eisenstaedt, August 14, 1945
Vietnam War
• 1960-1975
• United States and South Vietnam VS North
Vietnam
• Number of soldiers dead or wounded 211,454
and 2,489 missing
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
Flag
Japer Johns, 1954-55, MoMA, New York
(Moratorium) Flag
Jasper Johns, 1969
Definition: A
suspension of
an activity.
(Napalm Girl)
Nick Ut/AP, June 8th 1972
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Nick UT/AP 1997
War Is Not Healthy
Lorriane Schneider, 1966
War is Over! If You Want It.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1971
Burst of Joy
Slava Veder/ AP March 17, 1973
Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
(War on Terror)
• Invasion of Afghanistan 2001 to present
• Invasion of Iraq 2003 to Present
• Number of soldiers dead or wounded in the
war on terror: 48,430 and 3 missing.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war
See the progression?
Uncle Sam, WWI
Uncle Sam, Vietnam
Uncle oSAMa(?),
War on Terror
Artist Unknown found in NYC and LA