Currently, nine pieces from various CATs are on display as part of The Art of Soldiering exhibition at the National Museum of the U.S. Army. Soldiers fire a 4.2-inch mortar as Vietnamese civilians go about their daily routines in Kenneth J. Scowcroft’s 1967 acrylic on canvas, Street Scene.

Jul 11, 2021 · I’ve collected over 150 different paintings and artwork depicting the Vietnam War. Most were obtained from Pinterest – I’ve included author names when available. If the author is unknown, then I’ve listed the website where it was last posted.

Mar 15, 2019 · How the Vietnam War Changed American Art. More than forty years after the last American soldiers withdrew from Sài Gòn, Artists Respond affords a “real time” view of the Vietnam era as seen through the eyes of American artists.

Mar 11, 2019 · In one painting vivid reds and brilliant oranges pop out as the backdrop for 6 U.S soldiers. They seem to move forward unfazed while navigating the blistering inferno. Contrast this with another where a soldier sits for a haircut.

In June 1966, the Army Vietnam Combat Artists Program was established as part of the United States Army Art Program, utilizing teams of soldier-artists to make pictorial records of U.S. Army activities in the course of the Vietnam War for the annals of military history.

Art of the American Soldier. That’s the title of an exhibit made up of 250 paintings and sketches done by American soldiers in the line of duty that has been on view at the National Constitution Center on Arch Street in downtown Philadelphia since late September. The exhibit, which features many works of art from the Army’s archives that ...

Pollock, who was drafted into the Army and wound up in the soldier art program in 1967, tells the story in the first person of the Army’s 1966-70 effort that sent teams of soldier-artists into Vietnam to record their experiences. A good percentage of those experiences included being directly exposed to combat.

Jun 25, 2020 · Two Vietnam War Veteran Artists on Display in new Exhibition in Tennessee. August 8, 2021. The Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center in Hendersonville, Tennessee, is running a new, popular, original art exhibition this summer, "Vietnam: 2 Soldiers. 2 Artists. 2 Journeys. Then & Now." It opened June 20 and has been… Read More »

Sep 25, 2019 · But she also began making collages that deftly wove scenes of war into quiet, domestic settings: soldiers searching a bright modern kitchen, a shiny Cadillac convertible with a booby-trap beneath it. She never showed these collages in …

Jul 17, 2020 · Established in 1966, the Army Vietnam Combat Artist Program was a further extension of the U.S. government’s desire to provide a visual narrative for civilians and soldiers alike.