Kamis, 03 Agustus 2017

War in Watercolors

Of all the soldier artists who chronicled the war, perhaps none was more accomplished than German immigrant Adolph G. Metzner. His field-drawn illustrations survive today as a time capsule of Western Theater history. Born in the village of Lörrach in southwest Germany, Metzner graduated as a pharmacist from the University of Freiburg. He immigrated to …

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