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158 paintings

  • Verdun
    Verdun
    Félix Vallotton and possibly by Félix Vallotton
    1917 · Musée de l'Armée
  • Battle of Britain
    Battle of Britain
    Paul Nash
    1941 · Imperial War Museum London
  • Q137848094
    Q137848094
    Józef Mehoffer
    1940s · Andrychów
  • The Battle of Dunkirk
    The Battle of Dunkirk
    Willem van de Velde the Elder
    1659 · Rijksmuseum
  • Battle of Viazma on 22 October (3 November) 1812
    Battle of Viazma on 22 October (3 November) 1812
    Peter von Hess
    1842 · Hermitage Museum
  • The first Battle of Dunkirk, 1 March 1639
    The first Battle of Dunkirk, 1 March 1639
    Heerman Witmont
    · Royal Museums Greenwich
  • Bubbles
    Bubbles
    John Everett Millais
    1886 · Lady Lever Art Gallery
  • Claude Renoir as a Clown
    Claude Renoir as a Clown
    Pierre-Auguste Renoir
    1909 · Jean Walter-Paul Guillaume Collection
  • Statesmen of World War I
    Statesmen of World War I
    James Guthrie
    1930 · National Portrait Gallery
  • Painter’s Family
    Painter’s Family
    Henri Matisse
    1911 · Hermitage Museum
  • General Officers of World War I
    General Officers of World War I
    John Singer Sargent
    1922 · National Portrait Gallery
  • Naval Officers of World War I
    Naval Officers of World War I
    Arthur Stockdale Cope
    1921 · National Portrait Gallery
  • La Négresse
    La Négresse
    Henri Matisse
    1952 · National Gallery of Art
  • A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay
    A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay
    William Orpen
    1919 · Imperial War Museums
  • The Standard Bearer
    The Standard Bearer
    Hubert Lanzinger
    1936
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