Die Kuns Van Oorlog – Jooste L. (Militêre Informasieburo)

Description

Surveys the collections and other sources of South African military art history. Translated:

• War as an art theme
• Military conflict as a theme in early South African artworks
• Establishment of an official military art programme
• The value and applications of military art
• Portrait of a war
• Conclusion
• Sources

The illustrations including non-South African military art (Egypt; David’s Napoleon; Willard, Nash, Picasso, Dali and Moore). The first South African examples are by Baines and there are also works by Oerder, Mayer, Hobhouse, Preller, Andersen, Krige, McCaw, Lewis, Long and others, as well as, most recently, a long series by Lindeque.