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George Edmond Finey (16 March 1895 – 8 June 1987) was an Australian black-and-white artist, noted for his unconventional appearance and left-wing politics. He was born on 16 March 1895 in Parnell, New Zealand .
George Finlay (21 December 1799 – 26 January 1875) ... Although he formed an unfavourable opinion of the Greek leaders, both civil and military, he did not lose his ...
The U.S. Army War Art Unit was established in late 1942; and by the spring of 1943, 42 artists were selected. In May 1943, Congress withdrew funding the unit was inactivated. [3] 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.
Australian official war artists, 1916–1918 by George Coates, 1920. Oil on canvas, 124.2 x 104.5 cm. The group portrait presents, left to right: front — George Bell; standing — John Longstaff, Charles Bryant, George Washington Lambert, A. Henry Fullwood, James Quinn, H. Septimus Power, Arthur Streeton; and seated back — Will Dyson, Fred Leist.
Military art encompasses actions of military forces in times of peace. For example, USMC Sgt. Kristopher Battles , the only remaining official American war artist in 2010, deployed with American forces in Haiti to provide humanitarian relief as part of Operation Unified Response after the disastrous earthquake in 2010.
In response to the residents' demands for a church and a grocery store, George Finley advocated the formation of a local Citizens' Committee. In October 1942, 12 men and one woman were elected as the Committee members, with printer George Munns as the chairperson. The Committee loaned a portable frame structure from the United Church.