Artwork of the Spanish-American War
2023 marks the 125th anniversary of the Spanish-American War, the brief but pivotal 1898 conflict that garnered the United States an overseas empire and solidified its position as an emerging […]
Artwork of Gene Snyder
Carl E. “Gene” Snyder created works in a variety of media, including several pieces focusing on Army peacekeeping and humanitarian missions overseas.
From the Army Art Collection: Vietnam War Artwork Of Combat Artist Team
The Army organized a total of nine CATs. Each team typically had five soldier-artists, plus a supervisor. Each CAT would spend sixty days in Vietnam gathering information and making preliminary sketches ranging from day-to-day activities and routine duties to combat operations.
From the Army Art Collection: Field Artillery
American Field Artillery continued to play an important role in post-World War II conflicts such as the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf Wars.
From the Army Art Collection – Sketches by John Scott
John Walter Scott was born on 1 December 1907 in Camden, New Jersey, and began studying illustration at the age of sixteen.
From the Army Art Collection – Army Aviation
An argument can be made that Army Aviation began with the use of observation balloons during the Civil War, the Army’s initial foray into modern aviation came with the acquisition of its first aircraft from the Wright brothers in 1909.
Artwork of Sergeant First Class Amy L. Brown
Sergeant First Class Amy L. Brown, a U.S. Army Center of Military History’s (CMH) Artist-in-Residence, first came to CMH in 2012 after serving as an instructor at the Defense Information […]
Ardennes-Alsace Campaign
On 16 December 1944, the German Wehrmacht launched what would be its last major offensive in the West.
Artwork of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
October 2016 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the beginning of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan against al Qaeda and the Taliban. Following the 11 September 2001 attacks […]
Army Artwork during the Mexican War
Lasting from 1846 to 1848, the Mexican War remains one of the least studied conflicts in U.S. Army history. Yet, despite the war’s relative obscurity in the annals of the […]
