The War Years
These paintings and illustrations were done in 1945 during the confinement at Caserne Maistree, the American POW Camp in Reims, France.
These paintings and illustrations were done in 1945 during the confinement at Caserne Maistree, the American POW Camp in Reims, France.
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Other works of art: Portraits ♦ Cityscapes and Landscapes ♦ German Farm Pictures ♦ Mosaics/Ceramics/Bronze
♦ Sculptures and Murals ♦ The War Years ♦ Gallery Anita Kinle ♦ Still Life ♦ Remarkable Items
Other works of art: Portraits ♦ Cityscapes and Landscapes ♦ German Farm Pictures ♦ Mosaics/Ceramics/Bronze
♦ Sculptures and Murals ♦ The War Years ♦ Gallery Anita Kinle ♦ Still Life ♦ Remarkable Items
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) Alpine Valley Commissioned by Lt. Colonel Lawrence Russell in 1945. Painting owned by Mary Ann Jacobson. |
) Napoleon's Soldiers in Winter Commissioned by Lt. Colonel Lawrence Russell in 1945. Painting owned by Mary Ann Jacobson. |
) Southern European Village Commissioned by Lt. Colonel Lawrence Russell in 1945. Painting owned by Mary Ann Jacobson. |
) Sketch of POW Reusch Fellow Inmae; POW Camp 1945 Sketch owned by Mary Ann Jacobson. |
) Self Portrait Signed: In Memory of Fridolin |
) Self Portrait Signed: "I-Self" 1945 |
) Newspaper Article 1960s Lt. Colonel Lawrence Russell (center), one of three POW Camp Commanders in Reims during World War II, meets with former POWs Josef Müller (left) and Reusch (right) in the 1960s. Newspaper Clip courtesy Mary Ann Jacobson. |
) Laverne Van Dyke American Officer in charge of POWs at Reims. Painted during a sitting. Courtesy of Barbara Weiskopf. |
) Laverne "Vern" Van Dyke Seated, left. Photo circa 1960. Vern was a baseball coach. Photo Courtesy of Barbara Weiskopf |
) Nancy Ellen Steiner The future Mrs. Laverne Van Dyke, drawn from a photo. Courtesy of Barbara Weiskopf. |
) Nancy Ellen Steiner Impression in Water Color, painted from photograph. Courtesy of Barbara Weiskopf. | |
) Main Plaza, City of Nürnberg Painted for Lt. Colonel Lawrence Russell in the POW Camp Reims, 1945. |
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