The Prisoner

In November 1914, he is taken prisoner by the Germans and interned at the Salzwedel POW camp.

He endured years of forced labor, survived the sinking of a prisoner transport ship after it was torpedoed, and later survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki — experiences that profo...

Since there were no precepts for civilian prisoners, these European Jews were treated worse than their captured German oppressors.

The base is modeled with relief vignettes of prisoners and the lives they might be living if reformation were possible, underscoring the central role Osborne played in rethinking the...

The second engraving, from the Epistle of Jude, illustrates “The Apostate Angels reserved as Prisoners in Chains of Darkness to the Judgment of the Great Day.”

Roberto Estopiñán (1921–2015) was a Cuban American sculptor known for his sculptures of the human form, including political prisoners. Born in Camaguey, Cuba, he lived in the United ...

Instead, the British government decided to take its most important prisoner to the island of St. Helena in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean so that he could no longer "harm the world".

As a young burglar he could, said a fellow ex-prisoner admiringly, "run up the side of a building".

Fasanello states, "Either the material demands a shape, or the shape indicates the material. Designers are prisoners of that relationship." These unrestored pieces are in very good ...

Based in Brussels at the commission's headquarters she recorded the commission's post-war relief work in north west Europe including the rehabilitation and repatriation of prisoners ...

As a prime target for this search, Vichy France first organized the "relief" (sending workers to Germany to "relieve" prisoners), then enacted various requisition laws before introdu...

His journey was marked by a deep connection with nature and craftsmanship. Taken prisoner at the beginning of World War II, he was sent to the forested mountains of Herzgebirge in Ge...

In 1916 he is taken prisoner in the north of Vienna but he manages to escape and he finally moves to London.

After the war, during which he was taken prisoner by the Germans, the artist signed Lafon.

In 1916 he is taken prisoner in the north of Vienna but he manages to escape and he finally moves to London.

In 1916 he is taken prisoner in the north of Vienna but he manages to escape and he finally moves to London.

Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of th...

Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of th...

Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of th...

Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of th...

German resistance is overcome and many Axis prisoners are taken. The Swastika flag is hauled down and the Union Jack takes its place. - with the slogan and rest of the text below - O...

Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of th...

This weekly is an anomalous project inspired by two humorous war newspapers: the first La Baracca, produced in a prison camp in Katzenau in 1917 by Italian prisoners of war, the seco...

Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of th...

Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of th...

Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of th...

Interesting intaglio etching by German artist Inanger; the imagery features a man--possibly a prisoner--and the severed head and tail of a lobster.

He studied ceramics at the School of Sevres before being sent to the front in 1914. Taken prisoner, he began to draw. At the end of the war, he was hired as a caricaturist by the wee...

A memorial of the death march of Jewish prisoners (and subsequent murders at Palmnicken) was erected in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg) in 2011.

Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Jours de Glorie, published under the patronage of the ministre de l'Éducation nationale, is sold for the benefit of the works of th...

Indian Agra rugs are often considered the best of Indian rugs in the post-Mughal period and are highly collectible. Prisoners in the country’s jails – including those of Lahore, Yera...

., published in Taipei, Taiwan. 2018 Muralist, The Flip Flop Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan. 1976 Poster Art to promote the release of political prisoners in Chili, Amnesty Internation...

This attire was specifically worn by members of this religious community, who were historically involved in assisting prisoners and the impoverished, embodying the virtue of redempti...

In 1939, as World War II was breaking out, he was drafted by the French and then was taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped and went to the United States and remained there unti...

In 1939, as World War II was breaking out, he was drafted by the French and then was taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped and went to the United States and remained there unti...

Based in Brussels at the commission's headquarters she recorded the commission's post-war relief work in north west Europe including the rehabilitation and repatriation of prisoners ...

He studied ceramics at the Sèvres school before being sent to the front in 1914. Taken prisoner, he began to draw. At the end of the war, he was hired as a caricaturist by the weekly...

Among his works, we can cite The Eternal Prisoner (1949), Portrait of Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1956), The Woman with the Suns, The Lovers (1963), Death (1963), The Sleeping Beauty (196...

His main body of work were landscapes and orientalist scenes, so this is a rare and unusual subject for him. A prisoner during the Second World War, he made around 80 sketches of li...

His adoption of the term Art Brut or raw art, referred to the art of children, prisoners, and the mentally ill, was a reaction to what he called art culturel or refined art.

In the late 19th century the majority of carpet weaving took place within the jails with the long-term prisoners being used for this activity. Measures: 15'6" x 31'9".   

Emil Wachter About the artist Emil Wachter began studying theology and philosophy in Freiburg in 1941, but was drafted into the army in 1942 and taken prisoner by the British, s...

These incredibly proportioned earrings take no prisoners. The neat clip on top dropping away dramatically to a five rows of crystals culminating in a wave of marquise fancy cut cryst...

Bouraine on the side and at the back numbered with 66 Artist's alternative names: Marcel André Bouraine, Marcel Antoine Bouraine, Matto, Briand The measurement is 22 cm high, 9 c...

They are frequently associated as children of the massive wolf, Fenrir, who is a prisoner to the Norse gods and ultimately breaks free, kills Odin, and is subsequently killed, himsel...

During his episcopate, he completed the vault of the choir in the Cathedral of Córdoba and was known for his austerity and charity towards the poor, the sick, and prisoners. Bishop ...

Hannes Messemer, born Hans Edwin Messemer (Dillingen an der Donau, 1924 - Aachen, 1991) German actor, prolific character actor, active on the big screen since the mid-1950s, Hannes M...

In 1939, as World War II was breaking out, he was drafted by the French and then was taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped and went to the United States and remained there unti...

The art flourished under Akbar, who was a big supporter of arts and culture in India. Even prisoners in the country were taught to make these luxurious floor coverings.

During World War II Fry was a committed conscientious objector who worked in forestry alongside the German and Italian prisoners of War. Fry was later employed as a retoucher on the...

He served in the RAF as a tail gunner in Lancaster bombers in World War II, but spent almost the entire war as a prisoner of war at Stalag 383. During this period he became friends w...

In 1914 Bredow stayed in Buenos Aires for a few months.[3] During the First World War (possibly on the return journey from South America) he was taken prisoner by the British on the ...

The art flourished under Akbar, who was a big supporter of arts and culture in India. Even prisoners in the country were taught to make these luxurious floor coverings.

In December 2007, Fairey created a print for Witness Against Torture to protest the Bush Administration’s creation of a camp for prisoners of the War on Terror at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Serving as a soldier, he was wounded in battle and taken prisoner. At the end of the war, he was given the Knight of the Order of Leopold cross and the Knight of the Legion of Honour...

Hannes Messemer, born Hans Edwin Messemer (Dillingen an der Donau, 1924 - Aachen, 1991) German actor, prolific character actor, active on the big screen since the mid-1950s, Hannes M...

His father was Lieutenant-Colonel Hercules Skinner, an officer in the East India Company Army of Scottish origin, while his mother was a Rajput princess, daughter of a Zamindar, she ...

In 1939, as World War II was breaking out, he was drafted by the French and then was taken prisoner by the Germans. He escaped and went to the United States and remained there unti...

The most powerful Beys form parties amongst the rest, with which they frequently make war amongst themselves; the victorious faction generally keep the Pacha almost as a prisoner, an...

Ottoman areas of Anatolia and Attica tended to enslave Christians from the Black Sea and the Balkans, often prisoners of war.  Therefore, the existence of the three figures to the ri...