First World War

Particularly admired are his depictions of Budapest’s architectural landmarks, where luminous light, subtle tonal harmonies, and confident brushwork capture the elegance of the city ...

The minimalist composition, broad areas of colour and decorative costumes reflect the lingering influence of Art Nouveau poster design while anticipating the cleaner graphic language...

His studies were interrupted in 1914 by the First World War. Thanks to a scholarship, Belmondo continued his studies at the École des beaux-arts in Paris where he notably took class...

His engravings adorn many town halls in France, after winning a national competition to illustrate the diploma to those who died for the Fatherland in the First World War. However, e...

He trained with his fellow Vendeans Charles Milcendeau and Auguste Lepère and then entered the Académie Jullian in Paris. Enrolled in the First World War in 1916, he continued to dra...

In 1912, he moved to Paris. During the First World War he was seriously wounded in the Chemin des Dames; he will keep his whole life a deep repulsion for war and warmongering.

Her mother, the musician Nora Brownsword, had been seduced by Augustus John while posing for him shortly before the start of the First World War. Mother and daughter were inseparab...

After the declaration of the First World War, Alfred Pina exiled in Montpellier, whose museum acquired a Bust of Beethoven.

Trained in applied arts and at the École des Beaux-Arts, he developed an early and profound understanding of materials and artisanal techniques, which he applied to the creation of f...

After serving in the army during the First World War, he joined the staff of the British Museum from 1922 to 1926 under R.

After the declaration of the First World War, Alfred Pina exiled in Montpellier, whose museum acquired a Bust of Beethoven.

Born in Trieste, Italy in 1907, Giuseppe and his older brother Angelo Ostuni (1904-1981) grew up in turbulent times; in 1915 Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire during the Firs...

In December 1912, Lalique hosted an exhibition of Lalique Glass—as his glass would come to be known—at the Place Vendôme shop. During the First World War, the glassworks produced mun...

The Fairyland Lustre wares quickly gained attention for their originality and luxury, especially during and after the First World War, when there was a growing market for imaginative...

Sala, titled Panorama de la Bataille de la Marne, stands as a compelling and highly rare visual testament to one of the defining moments of the First World War. Conceived as a tripty...

As well as the RBSA, Harvey exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1910 and the Paris Salon. During the First World War, he befriended Winston Churchill and gave him painting lessons, as ...

This grouping of ships showcases the diversity and power of Germany's pre-dreadnought fleet, reflecting the Imperial Navy’s efforts to train skilled crews and assert its presence on ...

His father Maurice Eugène Balmain will serve during the First World War (1914-1918), he will die as a result of war injuries on July 2, 1921 in Lyon.

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

Japp specialised in landscape and figure paintings and exhibited with the New English Art Club of which he became a member in 1919. At the start of the First World War Japp joined th...

Forain also continued to create drawings and prints with social and political commentary, publishing La Comédie Parisienne 1892 and creating numerous patriotic illustrations during t...

His reign would become one of the most turbulent in Russian history—marked by industrial upheaval, the Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution, and ultimately the First World War and...

In December 1912, Lalique hosted an exhibition of Lalique Glass—as his glass would come to be known—at the Place Vendôme shop. During the First World War, the glassworks produced mun...

This painting, signed Keuleyan at the bottom right, was probably painted around 1910, but certainly before the First World War. After the war, during which he was taken prisoner by t...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

He worked at the Admiralty making drawings in the Airship department during the First World War. In 1919 he re-entered the Slade and was shortly invited by Professor Tonks to join th...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under the leadership of General Allenby to liberate Palestine from the Turks. After the first World War he settled in Paris, where he c...

Today, it serves both as an attractive decorative item and as a document of regional history, offering insight into the provinces during the years just before the First World War. C...

The outbreak of the First World War and the collapse of the monarchy brought difficult times for the company.

Aspit worked for various Russian magazines and on the outbreak of the First World War was employed by the government to design war posters.

He moved to Sussex in 1908, but returned to Yorkshire after the First World War, living in Shipley in 1918 and Richmond in 1919.

He graduated in 1916. After the First World War, he moved to Paris, France and founded the Groupe des Sept (also known as Les Italiens de Paris) with Massimo Campigli, Giorgio de Chi...

On the front during the First World War among many other artists, Derain no longer painted, but his reputation continued to grow in Paris.

The Saarland was separated from the German Reich for 15 years after the First World War. On 29 October 1923, the Dresden earthenware factory was registered as a branch of Villeroy &...

After serving in the army in the First World War he lived on a farm in Oxenbridge Farm, Iden, Sussex and was known at the time as 'Farmer Etcher'.

In December 1912, Lalique hosted an exhibition of Lalique Glass—as his glass would come to be known—at the Place Vendôme shop. During the First World War, the glassworks produced mun...

Upon the outbreak of the First World War Charchoune took refuge in Barcelona in Spain where he befriended exiled Parisian Cubists Marie Laurencin, Albert Gleizes and Francis Picabia.

He was particularly influenced by the frescoes he saw in Rome and Florence, which affected not only his subject matter but also palette. During the First World War he concentrated ...

In December 1912, Lalique hosted an exhibition of Lalique Glass—as his glass would come to be known—at the Place Vendôme shop. During the First World War, the glassworks produced mun...

In December 1912, Lalique hosted an exhibition of Lalique Glass—as his glass would come to be known—at the Place Vendôme shop. During the First World War, the glassworks produced mun...

He was in Bruges from 1907 to 1909, then traveled across France for several years participating in exhibitions. During the First World War, he settled in Algiers where he remained fo...

The company’s success also derived from its adaptability: during the First World War, for example, Viners Ltd produced mainly helmets and other war-related material, and production o...

Medieval cathedrals, Renaissance châteaux, First World War memorials, vineyards, forests and mountain landscapes coexist within a harmonious composition that illustrates the historic...

About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894-1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians...

Hour Lavigne After the first world war, manufacturers Hour Lavigne revolutionised the concept of what a clock could look like.

The plaque on the inkwell reads that this piece was a gift from the wounded of the First World War to Doctor Ch. Vallée. In very good condition.

Initially, lighters were made from empty cartridges and metals recovered from shell casings that had been used during the First World War. Later, around 1930, they began to be manufa...

A true Fauvist, a contemporary of Vlaminck, Derain, Valtat, but above all of Camoin and Manguin, after the First World War, during which he was mobilized and wounded, his style evolv...

Mane-Katz moved to Paris at the age of 19 to study art, although his father wanted him to be a rabbi. During the First World War he returned to Russia, at first working and exhibitin...

Cubistic vision: In the period following the First World War, the artist’s painting underwent a fundamental transformation.

Today, Daum is the only industrial crystal manufacturer that uses the glass paste process for its glass objects and crystal sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum bega...

The warm tones of the dawn sky contrast with the darker earth of the trench, symbolizing the hope of victory emerging from the hardships of war. During the First World War, posters ...