First World War

AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston. TITLE: The Second World War. (The Gathering Storm - Their Finest Hour - The Grand Alliance - The Hinge Of Fate - Closing The Ring - Triumph and Tragedy).

In the depressing time of the First World War Peche influnenced with his extravagant and cheerful creations the emphasis on the surface of the Wiener Werkstaette and can in that way ...

The style is the Northern European branch of the new art that climaxed before the first world war- see also Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau.

Hallward's design is for Ilford's memorial for the fallen of the First World War. Ilford had raised £20,000 for a commemorative project and opted to build a garden and a monument (th...

Mission, Arts and Crafts, Liberty, Jugendstil, Secession and Art Nouveau were all expressions of the same aesthetics which dominated the art and design world from 1900 until the star...

Antique Peking rugs started in China shortly after the end of the First World War. During this period, Chinese rug weaving factories relocated from Ningxia, as well as other carpet w...

Mid Century Modern Eloga 14 KT White Gold Ladies Wrist Watch .10 TDW 15.7 Grams 17 Jewels The company began in 1917 when Fritz and Hans Spahr set up a watch-making shop in Lengnau i...

This is a very beautiful and sculptural trench art vase - made from a bombshell from the First World War. Great sculptural shape and timeless design.

In the early years of the First World War, airships were known for their majestic presence in the skies, and were icons of a country's power and prestige.

Thomas Ivester Lloyd (1873 - 1942) was born in Liverpool. During the First World War, he served with the Remount Service, in common with many other equine artists.

Dance. 1996, oil on canvas, 78,5x61 cm Rolands Beitners (1917-2006) Rolands Beitners (1917-2006) Born in Helsinki during the First World War. 1930-1940 He studied at the Faculty o...

Mission, Arts and Crafts, Liberty, Jugendstil, Secession and Art Nouveau were all expressions of the same aesthetics which dominated the art and design world from 1900 until the star...

Made from artillery shell casings from the first world war and created by a soldier or artist - in or just after the war.

Circa 1920/1925 France A nice Navy dress in cherry red Duchesse satin in the patriotic spirit of France after the First World War. Straight dress with short sleeve and pleated on th...

Bone was an active member of both the British War Memorials Committee in the First World War and the War Artists' Advisory Committee in the Second World War.

Large-scale battles were fought in this region in each year of the First World War apart from 1916. In 1914-15 the Front-line trenches ran from the east and north of Arras, and acros...

., 23 ¼ in. high Edward Carter Preston is best known as the designer of the bronze memorial plaques presented to the families of British servicemen and women or died during the Firs...

This powerful 1918 original French war loan poster, created by Alsatian illustrator Hansi (the pseudonym of Jean-Jacques Waltz), is a poignant call to action and a visual beacon of n...

Several works made it disappear in 1916 during the First World War. He actually died in Geneva, Switzerland in 1951.

Presented is a stunning textile banner from the first World War, dating to 1918. The square tan cotton cloth is embroidered with two crossed flags, the Royal Indian Marine Ensign and...

He studied at the Germain Pilon school of design and then worked as a painter, illustrating publications for Calmann-Levy and the Assiette au Beurre. After the First World War, he wo...

He studied at the Germain Pilon school of design and then worked as a painter, illustrating publications for Calmann-Levy and the Assiette au Beurre. After the First World War, he wo...

Émile Gilioli was born to a family of Italian shoemakers who had settled beside the Canal Saint-Martin. After the First World War, the family moved back towards Italy, settling in Ni...

Two years prior to the First World War this remarkable journal was printed.  

The work combines analytical study —through Marc’s drawings, sketches, and compositional studies, including those made during the First World War— with a more intuitive approach, whe...

After the outbreak of the First World War, he did his military service from 1914 to 1916 in Alsace and in Russia.

After the outbreak of the First World War, he did his military service from 1914 to 1916 in Alsace and in Russia.

After the outbreak of the First World War, he did his military service from 1914 to 1916 in Alsace and in Russia.

Issued in August 1914 at the outbreak of the First World War, this original Ordre de Mobilisation Générale is one of the most historically significant official posters produced by th...

Description: Very beautiful oil painting on canvas, representing the portrait of a French soldier from the First World War. Very decorative and exclusive painting for collectors of ...

Even if it began in 1900, its development stopped abruptly because of the First World War. The name “Art Deco” appeared much later to define this style, during an exhibition curated ...

At home, he painted realistic pictures of the lowlands on the Hortobágy and the Bugacs Plain. During the First World War he worked as a war painter. From 1901 he was an exhibiting ar...

Low-carat white gold, which was patented in Germany in 1912, was first used for jewelry since the mid-1910s to circumvent the restrictions on platinum imposed during the first world ...

His father came to Dortmund from Galicia immediately after the First World War. Franz grew up in a colliery colony.

Original “Eat Less” 1918 vintage First World War poster. This is a less seldom seen poster variation.

He was also an engraver on wood and copper. In the First World War he was involved in transferring dazzle camouflage designs onto ships for the Royal Navy, and after the war he conti...

., circa 1925 Temco ( the telephone manufacturing company) was formed just after the first World War to manufacture telephones which previously had been imported from Germany.

After serving as an Officer in the First World War, he went on to establish himself as one of the most successful British furniture designers of the twentieth century.

This Military Wind up tri-ang tiger tank is a vintage toy representing a First World War tank. Part of the toys produced by the famous Lines Bros Ltd.

In War is War, Burrage recounts his experiences as a private soldier in France during the First World War, his reactions to abnormal conditions and his general observations-- all in ...

This is a fabulous antique scale model of an SPAD S.XIII First-World-War fighter biplane, created in France during the early 20th century, back in the 1915-1920.

Maker: Edward Stanford for the British War Office, London, England, August 1914. Keywords: World War I, First World War, Great War, Western Front, Battle of the Frontiers, First Ba...

Antique Peking rugs started in China shortly after the end of the First World War. During this period, Chinese rug weaving factories relocated from Ningxia, as well as other carpet w...

Inspired by the studies and drawings Marc produced during the First World War, Alena develops here a dialogue between analytical observation and intuitive perception.

Antique Chinese Peking rugs are a newer subset of the antique rug production that started in China shortly after the end of the First World War. They are known as one of the more ...

She was also very proud of a fur coat she owned, particularly during the hardship of the First World War, and Klimt decided that she should wear the coat too, but inside out, so that...

He served in the British Army during the First World War and worked as a journalist for many years, contributing to such magazines as Punch and The Humorist.

In 1912, the two men founded the Primavera ("spring" in Italian) workshop, which grew rapidly after the First World War. Its goal: to make utilitarian or decorative objects accessibl...

He studied at the Germain Pilon school of design and then worked as a painter, illustrating publications for Calmann-Levy and the Assiette au Beurre. After the First World War, he wo...

Later in life, he produced many works depicting the horrors of the First World War.

Her work on the friezes was a collaboration with her husband Morris, who had served in France during the First World War and had created the drawing for the frieze, some of them from...

This powerful circa 1915 original Russian poster commemorates the capture of the Austro-Hungarian fortress city of Przemyśl during the First World War, one of the Russian Empire’s mo...

Wounded several times during the First World War, he bravely attained the rank of sergeant.

Original vintage World War Two poster - We Help In The Battle Prompt rescue then back to health & strength with the help of first aid dressings and medical supplies - featuring a bla...

Vintage Snaffles First World War Print, Le Poilu. A good Snaffles WWI military print 'Le Poilu'.

This is a first edition of John Pershing’s personal memoir, My Experiences in the World War.

This pendant depicts a biplane designed in France and widely used during the First World War as a reconnaissance or bomber aircraft.

He served in the Tank Corps in the First World War and then became a professional artist, mainly producing maritime and architectural scenes.

The scene is characteristic of the First World War, and the artist's research and personal experience of war is evident.

From the 1880s until the First World War, Europe witnessed the development of Art Nouveau.