World War II

Lee Miller with David E. Scherman, Lee Miller in Hitler’s bathtub, Hitler’s apartment, 1945, 16 Prinzregenttenplatz, Munich, Germany
Annie Leibovitz Recreates Lee Miller's Famed Image of Hitler's Bathtub
Timed with the premiere of 'Lee,' a movie all about the life and career of war photographer Lee Miller, at the Toronto Film Festival, photographer Annie Leibovitz recreated the famous photo of…
‘Madonna Enthroned’ by Andrea Briosco detto il Riccio (end of the fifteenth century), with picture of the terracotta statue following its recovery in May 1945.
Saving Italian Art from World War II Destruction

In the late 1930s, the skies across Europe darkened as the world prepared for war. Beyond the efforts to save civilians in…

William Orpen, Self-portrait, 1924, oil on canvas, Fitzwilliam Museum
Obsession with Identity: William Orpen's Portraiture

Portraits intend to be reflections of their subjects’ character, placing William Orpen’s …

These are slave laborers in the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar; many had died from malnutrition when U.S. troops of the 80th Division entered the camp. The very ill man lying at the back on the lower bunk is Max Hamburger, who had TBC and severe malnutrition. He recovered and became a psychiatrist in the Netherlands. Second row, seventh from left is Elie Wiesel. Photograph taken 5 days after rescue.
The Lasting Impact of WWII Photography
The end of WWI left the world in a tense political situation that soon generated new ambitions and rivalries. In Europe, the feelings of humiliation, together with political and economic instability…
Franz Kline, Mahoning, 1956. Oil and paper on canvas, 80 3/8 × 100 1/2in. (204.2 × 255.3 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. https://whitney.org/collection/works/1997
Abstract Expressionism: A Brief History & Exploration
Born in the late nineteenth century, Modernism sought to challenge conventional institutions of its time. The late nineteenth century saw a shifting European political structure, with the birth of…
Katarzyna Kobro, Spatial Composition 9, 1933.
A Brief Introduction to Katarzyna Kobro
Although she is widely seen as one of art history’s most important sculptors, many of Katarzyna Kobro’s (1898-1951) works are no longer extant. This is especially true of her earliest artworks. The…
Installation view of Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.
10 Famous Ownership Disputes Over Cultural Artifacts
The Parthenon Marbles and Greece’s quest for their restitution is perhaps one of the most famous instances of such a thing, with the marbles now becoming a part of two different and diametrically…
Mauricio Lasansky, Triptych, 1963-71. The Nazi Drawings,Levitt Foundation.
Mauricio Lasansky's "Nazi Drawings" Return to Museums
A collection of drawings by Jewish Argentinian-American artist Mauricio Lasansky took the world by storm after their debut at the Whitney Museum of Art in 1967, followed by a tour of North America.…