Military in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Red Cavalry Riding, c. 1932.

Скачет красная конница (museum title)

Kazimir Malevitch (Russian), oil on canvas

State Russian Museum, Russia

A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay, William Orpen

A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay, 1919.

A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Dead Germans in a Trench, 1918.

Dead Germans in a Trench (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Harvest, 1918, 1918.

Harvest, 1918 (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Major-General H.M. Trenchard, CB, DSO, RFC. Painted at General Headquarters, May 13th 1917, William Orpen

Major-General H.M. Trenchard, CB, DSO, RFC. Painted at General Headquarters, May 13th 1917, 1917.

Major-General H.M. Trenchard, CB, DSO, RFC. Painted at… (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Blown Up, 1917.

Blown Up (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

A Trench, Thiepval: German wire, William Orpen

A Trench, Thiepval: German wire, 1917.

A Trench, Thiepval: German wire (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

German Prisoners Captured at Messines, William Orpen

German Prisoners Captured at Messines, 1917.

German Prisoners Captured at Messines (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The Receiving Room: The 42nd Stationary Hospital, William Orpen

The Receiving Room: The 42nd Stationary Hospital, 1917.

The Receiving Room: The 42nd Stationary Hospital (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Richborough, 1917. A Cross-channel Ferry, John Lavery

Richborough, 1917. A Cross-channel Ferry, 1917.

Richborough, 1917. A Cross-channel Ferry (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Portrait of Don Alejandro Díaz, Prilidiano Pueyrredón

Portrait of Don Alejandro Díaz, 1866.

Retrato de Don Alejandro Díaz (museum title)

Prilidiano Pueyrredón (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Colonel Álvaro Barros, Prilidiano Pueyrredón

Colonel Álvaro Barros, 1865.

Coronel Alvaro Barros (museum title)

Prilidiano Pueyrredón (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Refugee (A), 1918.

The Refugee (A) (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Major General Sir David Watson, KCB, Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, William Orpen

Major General Sir David Watson, KCB, Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, 1918.

Major General Sir David Watson, KCB, Commander of the Most… (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Canadian War Museum, Canada

Vil'gel'mova Karusel' (Wilhelm's Carousel), Kazimir Malevitch

Vil'gel'mova Karusel' (Wilhelm's Carousel), 1914.

Vil'gel'mova Karusel' (Wilhelm's Carousel) (museum title)

Kazimir Malevitch (Russian), lithograph

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Ferdinand-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Ferdinand-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, 1842.

portrait de Ferdinand-Philippe, duc d'Orléans (museum title)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

A Dead German in a Trench, William Orpen

A Dead German in a Trench, 1917.

A Dead German in a Trench (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The Guns. HMS Terror, 1918, 1918.

The Guns. HMS Terror, 1918 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

A Man with a Cigarette, 1917.

A Man with a Cigarette (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor, pencil, and chalk on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

A Soldier Resting: The Road to Arras, William Orpen

A Soldier Resting: The Road to Arras, 1917.

A Soldier Resting: The Road to Arras (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), charcoal on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Study for 'Curassier', c. 1899.

Studie voor 'Kurassier' (museum title)

Henri Evenepoel (Belgian), black chalk on laid paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

Norberto Eléspuru Martínez de Pinillos, Francisco Laso

Norberto Eléspuru Martínez de Pinillos, c. 1855–1860.

Norberto Eléspuru Martínez de Pinillos (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Major J B McCudden, VC, DSO, MC, MM, William Orpen

Major J B McCudden, VC, DSO, MC, MM, 1918.

Major J B McCudden, VC, DSO, MC, MM (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Major General Sir Archibald Macdonell, KCB, Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, the Distinguished Service Order, 1918.

Major General Sir Archibald Macdonell, KCB, Commander of… (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Canadian War Museum, Canada

A Tank, 1917.

A Tank (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor, chalk, and charcoal on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boisselle, August 1917, William Orpen

A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boisselle, August 1917, 1917.

A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boisselle, August 1917 (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

A Trench, Thiepval, 1917.

A Trench, Thiepval (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The Château, Thiepval, 1917.

The Château, Thiepval (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), pencil and wash on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

American Troops Embarking, Southampton, 1918, John Lavery

American Troops Embarking, Southampton, 1918, 1918.

American Troops Embarking, Southampton, 1918 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

My Work Room, Cassel, 1917.

My Work Room, Cassel (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on panel

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The Charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba, George W. Lambert

The Charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba, 1920.

The charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba (museum title)

George W. Lambert (Australian), pencil on paper

Art Gallery of South Australia

The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28th June 1919, William Orpen

The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28th June 1919, 1919.

The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles… (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Adam and Eve at Péronne, 1918.

Adam and Eve at Péronne (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Army Post Office 3, Boulogne, 1919, John Lavery

Army Post Office 3, Boulogne, 1919, 1919.

Army Post Office 3, Boulogne, 1919 (museum title)

John Lavery (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky, Kazimir Malevitch

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1914.

Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir… (museum title)

Kazimir Malevitch (Russian), lithograph

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Ready To Start. Self Portrait, 1917, William Orpen

Ready To Start. Self Portrait, 1917, 1917.

Ready To Start. Self Portrait, 1917 (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on panel

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

HM Land Ship 'Shell Out', 1917.

HM Land Ship 'Shell Out' (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Frozen Feet: Fleurs, 1917.

Frozen Feet: Fleurs (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), charcoal on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The Deserter, 1917.

The Deserter (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

German Sick, Captured at Messines, William Orpen

German Sick, Captured at Messines, 1917.

German Sick, Captured at Messines (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The Iron Gates (Bibans), Algeria — Salon of 1841, Adrien Dauzats

The Iron Gates (Bibans), Algeria — Salon of 1841, 1841.

Portes de Fer (museum title)

Adrien Dauzats (French), lithograph

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St-Michael and St George, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 1919.

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie, Knight Grand Cross of… (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Canadian War Museum, Canada

Bombing: Night, 1918.

Bombing: Night (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Zonnebeke, 1918.

Zonnebeke (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Tate, United Kingdom

Le Sars. F.E. Crashed, 1917.

Le Sars. F.E. Crashed (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

'Good-bye-ee': Cassel, 1917.

'Good-bye-ee': Cassel (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), watercolor and pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

The End of a Hero and a Tank at Courcelette, William Orpen

The End of a Hero and a Tank at Courcelette, 1917.

The End of a Hero and a Tank at Courcelette (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), pencil on paper

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Lieut-Gen Sir Travers Clarke, KCMG, CB: Quarter-Master General, France. Painted December 1917, William Orpen

Lieut-Gen Sir Travers Clarke, KCMG, CB: Quarter-Master General, France. Painted December 1917, 1917.

Lieut-Gen Sir Travers Clarke, KCMG, CB: Quarter-Master… (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

German 'Planes Visiting Cassel, William Orpen

German 'Planes Visiting Cassel, 1917.

German 'Planes Visiting Cassel (museum title)

William Orpen (Irish), oil on canvas

Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom

Caricature of a military man on horseback, Nicolai Abildgaard

Caricature of a military man on horseback, after 1794.

Karikatur af militærperson til hest (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), pencil, pen, brown ink and Indian ink

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark