The soldier-artists serving in the CATs were granted artistic freedom and encouraged to depict what they saw in Vietnam in their own individual styles. The artwork depicted here was created by CAT III, which was in Vietnam from February to June 1967.

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.

Jul 11, 2021 · The picture that moved me was a picture of a Vietnamese man, woman, and child surrounded by a NVA soldier, a VC soldier, A south Vietnamese soldier, and an American soldier. The title of the painting was “Caught In The Middle”.

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.

May 28, 2020 · The U.S. military used amateur and civilian artists to provide eyewitness works of art during the American Civil War, but starting with World War I, the U.S. Army officially commissioned artists to sketch, draw, and paint the activities of soldiers in frontline combat.

All of the work of these soldier artists-studies, sketches, and finished art-was put into the permanent U. S. Army Art Collection, which is maintained by the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C.

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 »

Nov 15, 2019 · Through painting, sculpture, drawing, textile, photography, video and other mediums, these artists reflect on migration, memory, the effect of violence on the landscape and on communities,...