Pair 25: Eyewitnesses to War
Contents
Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library
Pair 2: The Power of the Unseen
Pair 4: From the Big Picture to Individual Lives
Pair 5: Picturing African-American Identity
Pair 6: Leadership and Resistance
Pair 7: The Grid, Large and Small
Pair 8: Records of Self-Liberation
Pair 9: Death of Wolfe/Children’s book
Pair 10: Thomas Gage, from the Reading Room to the Digital World
Pair 11: Colonialism and Conversion
Pair 12: Documenting Disability
Pair 14: One Nation, Under a Grid
Pair 15: Judging Books by their Cover
Pair 16: Women Writers and Intellectuals
Pair 17: The Minds of Children
Pair 19: Sex and Gender in the Public Sphere
Pair 21: Organizing the Natural World
Pair 22: Collective Memories of Abraham Lincoln
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Pair 25: Eyewitnesses to War
“Headquarters of Genl. Torbert near Winchester Va. Nov. 1864”
Ink and pencil on paper
Among Klemroth’s images of exhausted soldiers, foraging parties, and rainy campsites is this picturesque view of the headquarters where he was stationed. From 101 Treasures.
“Our Daily Bread”
1944
Ink and pencil on paper
Two disheveled American soldiers consume canned rations alongside a roadside shrine in France. A stylistically adaptive sketch artist, Keenan worked in watercolor, ink, pencil, chalk — with whatever art supplies he could scavenge as the 7th Armored Division raced across France and into Germany.
[Winter warfare near St,. Vith, Belgium]
December, 1944
Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper
The aftermath of the German Ardennes counteroffensive known as the Battle of The Bulge. Keenan’s artwork and supplies were in a vehicle abandoned in blizzard conditions during the battle as German forces overran Allied positions. Jack was greatly relieved to have survived and recovered his art when the Allies regrouped.
“Kamikazis. 1:30 am April 30, 1945. Off Okinawa”
Watercolor on paper
Events of the Second World War demonstrated the vulnerability of mighty battleships to air attack. Likely painted from memory while on board aircraft carrier U.S.S. Shangri La.
“Yokahama – Sept. 21, 1945. Theater Street”
Pencil on paper
After the surrender of Japan, Lewis saw the aftermath of the overwhelming destructive power of modern warfare on a large city, a grim experience that Lewis often recounted later in life.