First World War

Charles Louis Eugène Virion (1865-1946) was a noted French animal sculptor and ceramicist. After the First World War, he made memorials for French municipalities and made a publi...

Beaver & Tapley is a British furniture manufacturer founded in London shortly after the First World War. In the 1950s, they began focusing on high-quality, design-led furniture, infl...

He served in the Navy during the First World War, and spent the interwar period writing books on naval history.

The firm ceased trading just after the end of the first World War in 1920.  

He moved to Montmartre, and in February 1914 married Léona Ondernard, before leaving for the Front; he was however sent back the following year. During the First World War, he drew p...

An outstanding twentieth century painter, printmaker and illustrator, Marcel Vertes moved from his native Hungary to Paris during the First World War. The art of Marcel Vertes was at...

The Franco-Prussian War was the most important conflict fought in Europe between the Napoleonic Era wars and the First World War; the war ended with the complete victory of Prussia a...

He was born in Cusano Milanino and, after studying law and serving in the First World War, he turned to the world of art. In 1921, together with Giacomo Cappellin, he founded the fir...

Together with Janssaud and Deyrolle they established a vision of old Brittany, its landscape, coastal scenes and customs that captured a way of life that would be destroyed by the co...

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

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

The Exhibition was part of Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture curated by Jon Mogul at The FIU Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach FL -USA.

The Exhibition was part of Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture curated by Jon Mogul at The FIU Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach FL -USA.

The Exhibition was part of Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture curated by Jon Mogul at The FIU Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach FL -USA.

The Exhibition was part of Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture curated by Jon Mogul at The FIU Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach FL -USA.

The Exhibition was part of Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture curated by Jon Mogul at The FIU Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach FL -USA.

The Exhibition was part of Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture curated by Jon Mogul at The FIU Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach FL -USA.

Her piece portraying the First World War’s Henry Allingham resides in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton whilst representation of pilot, Captain Eric Brown, will be resident in th...

., Adam & Charles Black, 4, 5 Soho Square, London, W.1, 1949. The first edition was published after the end of the First World War in 1919, the second edition soon after the Sec...

This exceptionally rare and highly evocative First World War (WWI) period (c1916) wristwatch by Rolex is housed in a 925 Sterling Silver Hinged Case It’s a Trench Watch - an early...

He also regularly exhibited at the Salon des Animaliers after 1913. After the First World War, he made memorials for several French municipalities and a public statue of a lifesize ...

Schiele died at age 28 just before the end of the first world war, a victim of the Spanish flu pandemic.

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.

This rare piece is a significant artifact of both the First World War and the broader cultural movement that sought to document its impact through art and literature.

Thanks to this cheap labor force, actively recruited in China, the Tsarist government attempted to alleviate the labor shortage caused by the First World War.

Maison Boudet was an important Parisian retailer located on the boulevard des Capucines from 1886 to 1908, and then on the place Vendôme from 1908 until the First World War. Boudet s...

It has gone through Revolutions, wars, economic crises: in the 20th century it was the First World War and the inflation that followed, the crisis of 1929, the Second World War, the ...

It was via Paris rather than Belgium, however, that she came to be part of an international artistic network that sprang back into life after the First World War and included key fig...

Hallward's design for a stained glass window thanking St Etheldreda's Church for its support of soldiers stationed in Fulham during the First World War. Reginald Hallward was born ...

Noël Clément-Janin established the directory of his engravings in 1912 and Jules Rais a monograph provided in 1913 for the Journal of Modern Graphic Arts . After the First World War ...

He served in the military service during the First World War. After the war he again did critical lithographs dealing with contemporary themes and also worked at the satirical magazi...

The factory was severely affected by the First World War; kilns, molds and buildings were destroyed.

Glass was heavily used in 1920s and 1930s pieces, such as this necklace, because it could be dyed in a vast array of colours to meet the need for affordable jewellery after the Great...

He is considered one of the leaders of the Art Deco movement, Follot had a huge impact in France and elsewhere. After the First World War, he became the head of the Pomone decorative...

Many of his works were inspired by his experiences in the First World War and his illness. Walter Gramatté's personal papers are preserved in the German National Museum.

He created large decorative murals for the German shipping pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair. He took part in the First World War as a cavalry captain.

Model probably corresponding to the support of American Couture during the First World War in Europe. Cords in golden appliqué chenillettes on the neckline and shoulders.

In the series "Croquis du Front Italien" that includes 50 drypoints, Bucci describes scenes of the Italian front in the First World War. During the war, in his battalion there were M...

In the series "Croquis du Front Italien" that includes 50 drypoints, Bucci describes scenes of the Italian front in the First World War. During the war, in his battalion there were M...

Lawrence in his Mission to unite the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the first World War. In his first major role, Peter O'Toole starred as the enigmati...

After serving as a Second Lieutenant in the British Army’s Machine Gun Corps during the First World War, Dodd was most active as an architect in the 1930s.

This poster from 1935 promotes the Hamburg America Line for a Mediterranean cruise. Before the First World War, the Hamburg-America Line was one of the world's largest fleets of comm...

This artist was particularly known for his railway posters. During the First World War, Richmond served as the official war artist for Canada.

He served in the military service during the First World War. After the war he again did critical lithographs dealing with contemporary themes and also worked at the satirical magazi...

He served in the military service during the First World War. After the war he again did critical lithographs dealing with contemporary themes and also worked at the satirical magazi...

He served in the military service during the First World War. After the war he again did critical lithographs dealing with contemporary themes and also worked at the satirical magazi...

From this point on his prints were published in London and Glasgow, and during the First World War, McBey was appointed official war artist to the Palestine Expeditionary Force.

The occupation of Belgium was a major propaganda theme of the First World War. There were horror stories of how the civilian population was treated and, true or not, they became fodd...

After obtaining a scholarship at London’s Central School of Arts and Crafts, Woore was tutored by Christpher Whall; one of the most prominent artists of the Arts and Crafts movement....

It is worth noting that Maze and Winston Churchill crossed paths during the First World War while serving in the trenches. They bonded over their mutual interest in painting and went...

In 1913, he became the first European driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (driving a Peugeot L76), an event in which he competed on five occasions—including during the First World War.

At the beginning he embraced the Cubist style and exhibited at the Salon des Independants in 1909, here he exhibited a portrait of Emile Verhauey, one of his friends among Ensor, Mon...

At the beginning he embraced the Cubist style and exhibited at the Salon des Independants in 1909, here he exhibited a portrait of Emile Verhauey, one of his friends among Ensor, Mon...

At the beginning he embraced the Cubist style and exhibited at the Salon des Independants in 1909, here he exhibited a portrait of Emile Verhauey, one of his friends among Ensor, Mon...

At the beginning he embraced the Cubist style and exhibited at the Salon des Independants in 1909, here he exhibited a portrait of Emile Verhauey, one of his friends among Ensor, Mon...

At the beginning he embraced the Cubist style and exhibited at the Salon des Independants in 1909, here he exhibited a portrait of Emile Verhauey, one of his friends among Ensor, Mon...

At the beginning he embraced the Cubist style and exhibited at the Salon des Independants in 1909, here he exhibited a portrait of Emile Verhauey, one of his friends among Ensor, Mon...

At the beginning he embraced the Cubist style and exhibited at the Salon des Independants in 1909, here he exhibited a portrait of Emile Verhauey, one of his friends among Ensor, Mon...

Made in 1921 it shows the artist's desire to get back to Europe as soon as possible after the First World War. It is signed and dated in pencil under the image and titled in pencil i...

His work is characterized by massive figures, solid construction, and an often somber palette. Marked by the First World War, he developed a powerful and structured style, addressing...