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Posted on 08/27/2026 8:46:34 AM PDT by artichokegrower
Newspaper artist Howard Brodie enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942, soon joining the combat artist program. He was sent by Yank magazine to capture his impressions of the war with a pencil during the Guadalcanal campaign and then the fighting in Europe. One observer of his work wrote, “By capturing emotions on the field with fluid lines and attention to detail, Brodie’s work is honest and at times, harrowing, but this honesty established him as one of the top news artists of his time.
In February 1945, he had been assigned by Yank to accompany K Company, 406th Regiment, 102nd Infantry “Ozark” Division, as they approached Germany’s Roer River. This is his report.
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Amazing drawings-—capture an enormous amount of emotion, factual data, etc. in a sketch.
That’s a strange painting.
That is not quite fair.
You are comparing the worse and the best of two different eras.
Call my clueless... but I see nothing but a warped mind in that painting. nothing even resembling normal.
IMHO, you dont have to be a spaced out whack job to be considered an artist.
I know what movie y’all haven’t seen.
I don’t understand your posting that unrelated to the topic illustration. Read the article and maybe you will overcome your dislike for the US military. Honor those who served, read the posted article, respect the heroism described
I understand servicemen who spent time on the islands in the Aleutian chain developed that stare.
I know what movie you haven’t seen.
Try this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmN1c4nnj4M
It will clear things up.
Oh, you spoiled the fun.
True art is timeless and it is universally understood by a large number of people or a specific target audience.
A good artist somehow captures that feeling/mood of an event, the personality or character of a person, the beauty or ugliness of something, and conveys this in their art.
To do this well requires a lot more than just an exact rendering.
Example of where you can see this: Lots of people take hundreds of pictures with their digital cameras. I suspect most of us do. But the artist finds just the right elements that when all put together makes a statement, tells a story, or conveys a feeling, no explanation needed, it’s still felt 5 years from now, and most people feel the same thing.
A good artist somehow captures that feeling/mood of an event, the personality or character of a person, the beauty or ugliness of something, and conveys this in their art. To do this well requires a lot more than just an exact rendering.
Ever notice that a sketch or painting of a loved one, if done well, somehow says far more about this person than any picture taken by a high MP digital camera which gets all the colors just right and has low light capabilities? Why is that?
Somehow, the artist understood the subject, what was desired in the art work, and was able to bring this out.
We live in times where people with no talent, through self promotion and shock and awe, become celebrity artists. What is an artistic medium has become commercial mass produced junk. Or, lacking depth, it has really primitive appeal, which is sadly more telling about the audience than the artist. That is why today many younger people enjoy the music from an era before their time! There was true creativity, variety, feeling, and often lyrics which told a story - they desire “art.”
I believe Howard Brodie is an artist with his inspiration being WWII: https://artvee.com/artist/howard-brodie/
I have got a copy of that book. Priceless.
That painting isn’t part of the collection highlighted by the article.
Surely, you can’t be serious!
Somehow I knew that was going to be posted!
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