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The Army's Vietnam Combat Art Program was started in 1966. Teams of soldier-artists created pictorial accounts and interpretations for the annals of army military history. These teams of five soldier-artists typically spent 60 days of temporary duty (TDY) in Vietnam embedded with various units.
Art of the American Soldier, U.S. Army produced YouTube program (video) Art of the American Soldier A book published by the Center of Military History representing hundreds of pieces of Army art; Army Artists Look At The War On Terrorism 2001 to the Present E-book published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History
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.
United States Army Center of Military History : Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. 1993. Prints available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection; War Art, 1500 New Zealand art works online; Mémorial de Caen, 1914–1918 war, Artists of the First World War
Teams of soldier-artists during the Vietnam War created pictorial accounts and interpretations for the annals of army military history. [131] In 1992 the Army Staff Artist Program was attached to the United States Army Center of Military History as a permanent part of the Museum Division's Collections Branch.
Shoo Shoo Baby (B-17) Anthony L. Starcer, (September 16, 1919 – June 9, 1986) was an American soldier and artist during World War II, known for his nose art work.. Retiring as a sergeant in the US Army Air Force, Starcer was a line mechanic and artist for the 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy), of the VIII Bomber Command, Eighth Army Air Force, based at Bassingbourn, UK in 1942–43.
Neo-Expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) began his career on the streets in the late 1970s, quickly attracting attention for the graffiti art he and Al Diaz made under the tag SAMO.
Battle exploits were the most frequently represented themes in ledger art. Many ledger artists documented the rapidly changing environment by portraying new technologies such as trains, as well as encounters with European Americans and American soldiers. Other themes such as religious practices, hunting, and courtship were also subjects.