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6.
"Salad: A Cleaned-Up Machine Gun Nest, Bois de Belleau."
#ClaggettWilson 1919
#Watercolor & pencil on paper
US soldiers survey a German position obliterated by artillery fire. Wilson was in the Battle of Belleau Wood, a decisive #WWI battle—https://t.co/55SjxIoXn4
7.
"Front Line Stuff."
#ClaggettWilson 1919
#Watercolor & pencil on paper
This #painting is a tour de force when it comes to the #artist's watercolor technique! With two of his brothers lying wounded in a watery trench, a US soldier destroys a German position with grenades.
9.
"Runner Through the Barrage
Bois de Belleau, Chateau Thierry Sector
His Arm Shot Away, His Mind Gone."
#ClaggettWilson 1919
#Watercolor & pencil on paper
The #paintings from Wilson's "The War Portfolio of 1919" are prayers to the fallen & their families— don't forget them.