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A tightly framed composition focuses upon the traditional christening of a new ship, whose size can only be inferred. Unlike a peacetime ceremony, the dignitaries are military and the occasion is serious. Using a limited palette of saturated…

We witness a body in pain through a narrowly focused, irregular aperature. The setting, it's implied, is some kind of institutional hospital or sanatorium: a thin mattress upon a spartan bedframe; garments stripped of pattern or individuality.…

The Wizard of Oz by Ruth Harper is an oil painting that visually interprets the world created by L. Frank Baum. The composition centers on a young female figure, likely Dorothy Gale, surrounded by a wide array of characters and animals drawn from…

We behold an arch bridge under construction in a seemingly non-urban setting, its steel ribs elevated over gray flowing water underneath—perhaps indicating that a large boat has just passed underneath. The area surrounding the bridge contains greens…

Three months before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and direct US involvement in World War II, military mobilization was impacting many walks of American life. Here, a satirical cover juxtaposes the scale of an ice cream man--and the simpler life he…

While the title of this humorous cover art forLibertymagazine is unknown, its editors thought it was appropriate for the backstory to Stephen Ronay's art. "Yes, it happened!" they write; "It simply proves that the war reaches into all walks of…

A city park in winter appears endless from this low-level, child's point of view. Clusters of excited young people converge upon a sledding hill in the distance, the patterns of their tracks leading us to the destination. Most of Alshets' painting is…

At the center of this mural is Cinderella and her horse-drawn carriage, a fanciful castle in the background. Also appearing are well-known characters from other fairy tales: at left, Little Bo Peep, Miss Muffet, and Little Boy Blue; at right, Jack…