Saturday, December 27, 2025
Alon Bement's 1925 article on illusions & camouflage
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This five-page article on ship camouflage has now been posted online and can be downloaded as a pdf. Its author, American artist Alon Bement, was an important teacher of Georgia O'Keeffe at Columbia University, who served as a civilian camoufleur during World War I. We have blogged about him in the past. Here is the link.
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