1. A Collection of WWII Paintings
“They Drew Fire”

2. “They Drew Fire”
At various times throughout this unit, we’ll be analyzing paintings done by artists that were imbedded in the field during WWII.

3. “They Drew Fire”
You should keep these daily journals together and have them each day in class.
Eventually they will be turned in together for a fairly large grade based mainly on effort.

4. “They Drew Fire”
For each of the paintings, you should do two things in your analysis:
Explain – in detail – what the painting/drawing looks like. What are you seeing?
How does the painting make you feel? What do you think the artist’s intention was in presenting the scene in the way he did? Explain.

5. “They Drew Fire”
As you do your daily journal/ painting analysis, organize it the following way.
Put the title of the painting and the date that we viewed it in class.
Skip lines between journal entries to make it clear what painting you’re responding to.

6. “Thousand Yard Stare” by Tom Lea

7. “The Price” by Tom Lea

8. “An Emotion of War” by Franklin Boggs

9. “Redhead Picking Flowers” by Fletcher Martin

10. “The Last Full Measure” by Richard Gibney

11. “Delirium is our Best Deceiver” by Paul Sample

12. “Buchenwald” by Gary Sheahan

13. “Soldier Taking a Bath” by Ed Reep

14. “Normandy Wash” by Lawrence Smith

15. “Leaving Home” by Richard Gibney

16. “Execution” by Howard Brodie

17. “Compassion” by Howard Brodie

18. “Battle of Midway” by Robert Benney

19. “Ebb Tide” by Kerr Eby

20. “Taking Cover” by David Fredenthal

21. “We Move Again” by Ed Reep

22. “First Aid to the Fallen” by Hoffman

23. “Landing at Saipan” by William Draper

24. “Off the Line” by Robert Benney

25. “Leyte” by Paul Sample

26. “Florence Botanical Gardens” by Edward Laning

27. “Invasion Craft – Sicily” by Mitchell Jamieson

28. “Sundown on Peleliu” by Tom Lea

29. “Anti Aircraft Crew in Action” by Robert Cornwell

30. “Normandy Burial Ground” by Mitchell Jamieson

31. “Normandy Cargo” Lawrence Beale Smith

32. “Soldiers Resting” by Manuel Bromberg

33. “Explosion” by Tom Lea

34. “Down the Nets” by Richard Gibney

35. “Off Watch” by Paul Sample

36. “Dead Civilians” by George Biddle

37. “Man Without a Gun” by Lawrence Smith

38. “Hamburg Raid” by Floyd Davis

39. “Race Against Death” by Franklin Boggs

40. “Sherman Tanks Invade” by Ogden Pleissner

41. “Wet Landing” by Millman

42. “Coning Search Lights” by John Lavalle

43. “Night Work” by Kerr Eby

44. “Ambush at Saipan” by Theo Hios

45. “Assault Engineers” by Richard Gibney

46. “Portrait of a Medic” by Howard Brodie

47. “Shock Tent” by Franklin Boggs

48. “American Tank Man” by Robert Benney

49. “Score Another for the Subs” by Thomas Benton

50. “Squadron Leader” by Howard Brodie

51. “Night Duty” by Franklin Boggs

52. “Canton Island” by Paul Sample