Battle Paintings

Using a blend of free-flowing ink and structured acrylic, I wanted to capture the essence of movement—like a banner being lifted high in the wind after a hard-won battle. The ink sy...

Van der Hagen’s surviving works typically depict ships battling rough seas, naval encounters, calm harbours, or vessels navigating rocky coastlines.

In 1916, at the request of Lord Beaverbrook, he created murals depicting the battles of Arras and Ypres for the Canadian Parliament.

LITERATURE ABOUT THE SERIE “Tokyo Nocturnes : Blossoms and Clouds in Battle Symphony” In the series “Tokyo Nocturnes: Blossoms and Clouds in Battle Symphony,” Hiro Ando unfolds a n...

This action-packed narrative of a G.I. close-up gun battle incorporates five peak moments of drama. Artist Mort Künstler conceptualizes an acutely intense war scene, emphasizing the...

The figure's solitary journey through a barren landscape suggests a personal battle against overwhelming odds or a deep-seated desire to break free from societal or psychological con...

Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England on March 29, 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh ...

When word of the first Civil War Battles reached Rome, Conrad ran away from home and journeyed to America to enlist in the Confederate army.

This striking surreal maritime oil painting presents a powerful visual dialogue between a majestic tall ship battling rolling seas and the haunting visage of an old sea captain emerg...

He killed himself on the 12th anniversary of a deeply traumatic experience as a war artist in the Battle of Tarawa. Early life and career Bundy was born in Centralia, IllinoisHis fa...

A month following the Armory Show, Stella premiered at the Italian National Club to which the Italian ambassador made a special appearance to toast "an event in the history of the It...

Strokes and Emotions captures struggles of identity, inner battles, and resilience. The fragmented strokes mirror fractured emotions, while the red/orange palette amplifies raw inten...

Signed, dated, and titled on verso: "Jon Blanchette / Art Danner / May 3 - 77" Board size: 10" H x 8" W Blanchette was born in Somerset, England and moved to Battle Creek, Michigan...

LITERATURE ABOUT THE SERIE “Tokyo Nocturnes : Blossoms and Clouds in Battle Symphony” In the series “Tokyo Nocturnes: Blossoms and Clouds in Battle Symphony,” Hiro Ando unfolds a n...

During World War I, Holiday served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery, later becoming a reconnaissance officer. He fought at the Battles of Arras, Passchendaele, and the Third ...

Erik Thor Sandberg paints a fantastical scene that features nude, grotesque combatants engaged in a bloody battle on a surreal, pink, stage-like surface. Some of the painting's subje...

The First World War was to halt his artistic career; he enlisted and gained the Médaille Militaire after the battles of the Meuse. After the war he returned to his painting, almost e...

In 1888, he was commissioned by the Italian government to create a monumental canvas depicting the Battle of Dogali (1887). After reading about the geography and local customs, he m...

As the United States entered World War II, Hios enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and attended courses in war photography. He participated in battles in the Marshall Islands...

It is titled 'Dutch fisherman warping their craft out of Broeckenhaven Harbour, Holland,' and depicts a coastal scene of Dutch fisherman battling the waves of the unsettled sea surro...

LITERATURE ABOUT THE SERIE “Tokyo Nocturnes : Blossoms and Clouds in Battle Symphony” In the series “Tokyo Nocturnes: Blossoms and Clouds in Battle Symphony,” Hiro Ando unfolds a n...

Her father's cousin, Commodore Winfield Scott Schley, won public acclaim for his role in the Battle of Santiago on July 7. It was likely this connection which led to Schley's select...

The work that he produced in the early to mid-1990’s battled with memories of the violence in El Salvador and the pain and separation he experienced in relocating to the US.

" This painting was inspired by the Ukrainian pilots of 2022, when the Mordera snake attacked Kyiv. It was a battle of dragons, good fought with bloodthirsty evil.

Bromults served in the Latvian army (1935 – 36), worked as a photo retoucher (1936 – 40), participated in the battles of the legionnaires in the Kurzeme cauldron (1944 – 45), worked ...

Bisciglia fights a real battle with the painter's own medium, the canvas.

Beyond the military, Friedrich Leopold was known for extravagant spending and frequent legal battles, often unsuccessful, which caused major tension within the royal family and led t...

We see the Captain-General standing in front of the field of battle, resplendent in his armour and with his blue Garter Sash.

Most noticeable in this painting is the lack of battlement, especially on the towers of the notorious Traitor’s Gate.

Terry Adkins Untitled Number 14, 1990 Signed and dated on reverse Mixed media on paper 39 x 27 1/4 inches Provenance The artist Gifted to Jackie Battle, New York c. 1990 Acquired fr...

Terry Adkins Untitled B, 1989 Signed, titled and dated on reverse Mixed media on paper 39 x 27 1/4 inches Provenance The artist Gifted to Jackie Battle, New York c. 1990 Acquired fr...

The artwork captures a moment of confrontation, where chaos and order exist in an unresolved battle.

Instead, he took to his canvas and depicted scenes of soldiers in the midst of battle, paying close attention to the setting and other details such as their costumes and the action o...

Chess, Coca-Cola, vodka, game of the gods, battle, war, angels, little green men, angel of war, religion, faith, prophecy, philosophy, Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Ukraine, Ukrainia...

Despite his focus on battle scenes, Beauquesne also painted other subjects, including genre scenes and landscapes.

The two feet in the centre of our sheet appear to be preparatory to the fresco depicting Como II receiving the victors of the Battle of Bona (photos 8 to 10 in the Gallery).

In this case our mind is projected into an “other” dimension, both in the very small format paintings and in the great works that make us fluctuate between running horses and battles...

In October 1914 he was hospitalized in Doullens during the battle of the Somme and was declared unfit for service in the following March.

In 1864, he returned with his family to London and began to specialise in historical subjects often including battle scenes. He also produced a number of theatrical scenes and contem...

Going out onto the balcony, I saw real heavenly battles in the sky. I painted the sketch in a very short time when the sun lit up purple and pink clouds.

Blanchette was born in Somerset, England and moved to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Blanchette later studied at the Pittsburgh Art Institute.

The work breathes a restrained romantic poetry: youth serving experience, human fragility beneath the armor, time suspended before or after battle. A very seductive palette: the vibr...

This dynamic battle painting captures a dramatic clash between French Zouaves and Arabic horsemen.

Examples of paintings in this style include his Four Battles series: The Battle of Jemappes (1821), The Battle of Montmirail (1822), The Battle of Hanau (1824), and The Battle of Val...

Strokes and Emotions captures struggles of identity, inner battles, and resilience. The fragmented strokes mirror fractured emotions, while the red/orange palette amplifies raw inten...

ca. 1600 - ca. 1610 Colleoni Garniture An armor garniture is a complete suit of armor with a set of exchange elements designed to adapt the basic unit to different uses, such as tour...

DeShields, to paint a large historic painting of the Alamo battle. He used his family, friends and fellow artists for this painting, including his son.

A compelling testament to Neo-Pop storytelling, where blossoms, clouds, and silent battles shape the poetry of Tokyo’s night. LITERATURE ABOUT THE SERIE “Tokyo Nocturnes : Blossom...

The focal point of the composition is the figurative pyramid, dressed in what appears to be battle armor. In the background, behind the figure, stands three pyramids, also rendered i...

The ship played a prominent role as the flagship in the Battle of Cape Passaro, a decisive victory against the Spanish in the War of the Quadruple Alliance.

Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England in 1908 and immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined from a young age, he first studied at the Pittsburgh Art ...

Horses have also served as symbols of wealth and power, with regal paintings of kings atop horses in battle, to portraits commissioned of noblemen posing atop their stately steeds.

Indeed, in preparation for such grand battle paintings, Meissonier often fashioned wax sculptures and made small oil sketches of horses and military figures, which were based on pain...

Important oil on panel in the style of the great Dutch artist Philips Wouwerman (also Wouwermans) (1619 – 1668) a painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes. This beautiful pain...

Blake’s work examines how postwar reconciliation in the United States was historically constructed to reunite white men across former battle lines, often at the expense of Black Amer...

LITERATURE ABOUT THE SERIE “Tokyo Nocturnes : Blossoms and Clouds in Battle Symphony” In the series “Tokyo Nocturnes: Blossoms and Clouds in Battle Symphony,” Hiro Ando unfolds a n...

Through this work, she explores the inner battle between gravity and grace, where “fallen angels” are not symbols of defeat, but of metamorphosis—entities that rise stronger for havi...

Klever passed away after a battle with cancer the day after his 74th birthday in 2013.

Blake’s work examines how postwar reconciliation in the United States was historically constructed to reunite white men across former battle lines, often at the expense of Black Amer...

Blake’s work examines how postwar reconciliation in the United States was historically constructed to reunite white men across former battle lines, often at the expense of Black Amer...