The Art of War

This is a painting of German trench warfare by Felix Schwormstaedt. This picture demonstrates the workings of trench warfare. At one part of the painting there is a group of soldiers digging a trench showing how the mazes of trenches were always being made during World War one. Another part of the painting shows a German soldier waiting to shoot any enemy soldier that exits the opposing trench. Which demonstrates the hopeless of trench warfare. I think this painting is actually supposed to be propaganda showing that Germany was doing well in the war. Felix did not include any dead German soldiers in his painting and he also showed the enemy trench being bombarded. Felix was a German so this may be correct.

This is a painting of German Soldiers by Otto Dix. This painting pertains to World War One because it shows the soldiers wearing gas masks which were used to prevent death from the poisonous gasses used in the war. Something I noticed in this painting is that the soldiers look almost non-human. This may be representing the senseless death that occurred during the war which made soldiers seem expendable.Another thing that I noticed is that the soldiers also just look like skeletons which may mean that they are bringing death to the other soldiers.

This painting depicts two American soldiers, one of which is wounded and is painted by Fortunino Matania. This painting shows the two soldiers laying in the battlefield while the one comforts the other before death. I believe this painting is meant to show the horrors of World War I. The soldiers are probably both friends and now one of them is dieing. He is probably telling the unharmed soldier his last wishes. The scene depicts the unnecessary death that trench warfare created.