Friday, December 30, 2016

Maximilian Toch | Camouflage Artist-Scientist

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American chemist and camoufleur Maximilian Toch (1907) Above Portrait of American chemist and paint expert Maximilian Toch , as Preside...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Tom Benton, Frank Lloyd Wright and Camouflage

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Thomas Hart Benton, Report on Camouflaged Ship (1918) Above In earlier posts , we've noted the involvement of American Regionalis...
Saturday, November 19, 2016

Forced Perspective, Stage Design and Camouflage

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Above Only a few days ago, an essay that I recently wrote on forced perspective (commonly used in stage design and museum dioramas) and ...
Sunday, November 6, 2016

The History of Camouflage | YouTube Video

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The Fine Print | History of Camouflage | Episode One Above Forty-five years ago, when I first published articles on art and camouflage ...

Warner, Waugh and Camouflaged Ship Model

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Everett L. Warner with ship model (c1918) . Courtesy NARA. More than two years ago, in a blog post about World War I American artist Fr...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Stripes, Checked Suits and Camouflage La Bohème

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Anon, cover photograph of The Sketch (1919) Above This photograph (attributed to the Western Newspaper Union) was published on the fron...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Camouflage Through Purposeful Shadow Disruption

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Paul Strand, Porch Shadows (1916) Above Photograph by Paul Strand , titled Porch Shadows (1916)•. Courtesy Library of Congress . Pub...
Friday, September 9, 2016

Scandalous Dazzle Camouflage Swimsuits 1919

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Above As we've discussed in earlier posts , much fun was had by pundits and the public in 1919 when young British women began to appe...

Godawful Poesy and Sorolla Ship Camouflage Plan

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Above This is the cover of the printed sheet music for a World War I-era song titled The Camouflage March (1918). The words and music ...
Monday, September 5, 2016

Futurist Views: Nevinson, Bertram Park and Dazzle

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C.R.W. Nevinson (1919) Above Of the World War I British war artists (assigned not as combatants, but as eyewitness artistic observers) ...
Sunday, September 4, 2016

Dazzle-Painted Lilies of the Field—and Pajamas

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A view of camouflaged ships in dock by R. Guy Kortright (1919) Above A painting of dazzle-painted British ships, by (Reginald) Guy Kort...
Saturday, September 3, 2016

Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle Ball 1919

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The Sketch (March 19, 1919) Among artists, designers and architects, there is a long tradition of sponsoring annual costume balls, fanc...
Thursday, September 1, 2016

Dazzle-Painting A Model Ship in Liverpool

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Above On the National Museums Liverpool blog , there is a wonderful article on the construction and painting of two wooden dazzle-painted ...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Camouflage Artist | Mary (Mittie) Taylor Brush

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George de Forest Brush, Mrs. Brush , c1888 Above George de Forest Brush and Mary Taylor Whelpley eloped (to the dismay of her parents) ...
Friday, August 5, 2016

Theatrical Stage Lighting and WWI Camouflage

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Abbott H. Thayer's stage lighting effects: Before and After Above In earlier posts, we've featured American artist Abbott H. Tha...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

Roland Penrose | Cubism, Illusion and Camouflage

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Roger Penrose, Impossible Triangle Above The uncle of British mathematician Roger Penrose was the surrealist artist and art collect...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

Dazzle | Wilkinson, Kerr and Archibald Phillips

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Above This is the wonderful cover of the 4th issue of a UK publication called Stages , an online journal produced in connection with the ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Roster of World War I British Ship Camouflage Artists

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Dazzle-painted ship models being tested (c1919) Above This historic photograph was presumably taken in London at the Royal Academy of A...