Today's episode is brought to you by Audible - get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/artcurious. Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. In the winter of 1945, a World War II infantryman for the United States would be supplied with gear that was to be carried and trekked from location to location, regardless of weather, ailment, or occurrence. All of this gear alone could easily weigh a good 50 to 60 pounds. Add on a rifle or pistol, bullets and any appropriate add-ons needed to maintain, clean, and restock a weapon, and you are talking a serious load to haul around. To a handful of these men, however, it wasn’t their guns, their helmets, or their first aid kits that were the most significant pieces of equipment that they transported to the battlefield. No- there was a more specialized tool of utter importance. As one soldier, Edward Reep, noted, quote, “I fought the war more furiously perhaps with my paintbrush than with my weapons.”Today, we're discussing a group of dedicated and talented artists who threw themselves in the middle of war in order to capture the experience and create art about it.// Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW our show on iTunes.Twitter / Facebook/ Instagram___________________________________________________________________Want more art-historical goodness? Check out the links below:PBS: They Drew Fire Documentary resourcesSmithsonian: Edward Reep BiographyHistorynet.com: Fire for Effect: The Price El Paso Times: Coverage of Tom Lea exhibition (2016)Hektoen Journal: Peleliu as a Paradigm for PTSD: The Two-Thousand Yard StareEpisode CreditsProduction and Editing by Kaboonki Creative. Theme music by Alex Davis. Research assistance by Stephanie Pryor. Social media assistance by Emily Crockett. Music credits: "Lacrima D'esperide" by Damiano Baldoni is licensed under ; "Hope" by Borrtex is licensed under BY-NC 4.0; "Demonstrations (ID 526)" by Lobo Loco is licensed under BY-NC-NC 4.0; "Broken Photosynthesis" by Kyle Preston is licensed under BY-NC 4.0
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Photograph of George Biddle at Work, 1930s
Edward Reep, Soldier Taking a Bath
Combat Artist Sketching (date unknown)
Richard M. Gibney, Sketch of Dead Soldiers, date unknown
Franklin Boggs, Race Against Death, 1944
Tom Lea, The Price, 1944. Oil on canvas
Tom Lea's The Price as presented in Life Magazine, 1944
Tom Lea, The 2,000-Yard Stare, 1944. Oil on canvas.
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