Art from the Trenches: America’s Uniformed Artists in World War I

174 Pages·2014·159.68 MB·English

by  Alfred Emile Cornebise

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AMERICA'S UNIFORMED ARTISTS IN WORLD WAR I
By Alfred Emile Cornebise
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS figf COLLEGE STATION
Copyright © 1991 by Alfred Emile Cornebise
Manufactured in the United States of America
All rights reserved
Second Printing, 2014
Frontispiece: The Machine Gunner, H. T. Dunn, August, 1918, charcoal and watercolor
(Smithsonian Institution)
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for
Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48-1984. Binding materials have been chosen for
durability.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cornebise, Alfred E.
Art from the trenches : America’s uniformed artists in World War I
/ by Alfred Emile Cornebise. – 1st ed.
p. cm. – (Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 20)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-89096-349-4 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 978-1-62349-202-1 (Flexbound with flaps)
ISBN-13: 978-1-62349-203-8 (ebook)
1. Art, American. 2. Art, Modern–20th century–United States.
3. World War, 1914-1918–Art and the war. I. Title. II. Series:
Texas A&M University military history series ; 20.
N6512.C598 1991
758.'99404'0973–dc20 90-23921
CIP
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part L Art and the Great War
1. Introduction
2. The Army's Official Artists
3. The Daily Travail
4. After the Armistice
5. The Fruits of Their Labor
Part II. The Artists' Images
A. William fames Aylward
Water Front, Old Harbor, Marseilles
Schooners in the Old Harbor, Marseilles
Repairing a Damaged Ship
First Division Headquarters Kitchen
Troops Waiting to Advance at Hattonchatel
His Bunkie
Refugees Returning to Their Homes
B. Walter Jack Duncan
Blacksmith and Wagon Repair Shed
Awaiting a Call: French Auto Truck and Ambulances
Barber Shop and First-Aid Station
Baldwin Locomotives Unloaded as Shipped
Contents Cold Nights Coming On 81
vi A Battery of French 75's Shelling the Germans 82
C. Harvey Thomas Dunn
Off Duty 83
In the Front Line at Early Morning 84
The Engineer 85
The Machine Gunner 86
No Mans Land 87
The Harvest Moon 88
The Flare 89
The Hand Grenade 90
Tanks at Seichprey [sic] 91
Prisoners and Wounded 92
Kamerad—The Sniper 93
The Boche Looter 94
D. George Matthews Harding
Tanks Attacking Early Sept 26th 95
Vanquished by the Boche Plane 96
Verdun Offensive: Wounded Working Back to Aid Station 97
First Aid Station with American Wounded 98
American Gun Fire Early Morning Opening Verdun Offensive 99
Verdun Offensive: American Troops Following Barrage 100
In Pursuit of the Enemy 101
To the Victor Belong the Spoils 102
Morning Mess, Beaumont-Toul Sector 103
E. Wallace Morgan
A Cold Breakfast on the March 104
American Artillery Relieved at Deumx 105
Dugouts of the 5th Marines in Bois de Belleau 106
Supply Trains on the Paris-Metz Road 107
The Morning Washup Neufmaison 108
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Machine Gun Outfit Moving Forward near Esnes 109
Engineers Building Roads 110
E Ernest Clifford Peixotto
Flirey 111
Hoops Leaving Esnes 112
No Man's Land, near Thiaucourt 113
General Pershing Entering St Mihiel 114
German Shelters near Varennes 115
Main Square, Montabaur, Headquarters of the 1st Division 116 Contents
Boppard on the Rhine in the American Sector 117 vu
First Americans Crossing the Rhine 118
G. /. Andie Smith
Chaumont American Headquarters 119
A View of Neufchateau 120
A Gateway to the Front, Rambucourt 121
Flirey 122
Pathway to Peace 123
On the Edge of Rambucourt 124
Flying Field at Issoudun 125
H. Hairy Everett Townsend
A Tank Surprises and Cleans Up 126
A Six-Ton Camouflaged Tank 127
The Light Tank in Action 128
The Alert Nieuports 129
A Forced Landing near Neufchateau 130
On the Gas Alert 131
Soldiers of the Telephone 132
Helping a Wounded Ally 133
Infantryman 134
Our Troops Entering Coblenz 135
Notes 136
Index 153