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Camouflage and Other Hidden Treasures from the Eric Gustav Carlson WWI Collection

Camouflage and Other Hidden Treasures from the Eric Gustav Carlson WWI Collection

Stephen Goddard, curator

Gallery 408, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

In 2014, Professor Eric Gustav Carlson donated his extensive collection of art produced during World War I to the Spencer Museum of Art. This compelling gift includes nearly 4,000 objects, most of which are prints and drawings made in France during the Great War (1914–1918). This exhibition includes about 1/60th of the gift and features works concerning the art of camouflage, as well as a selection of other works to depict the range and depth of Carlson’s WWI collection.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Auguste Louis Lepère (1849–1918), l'observateur boche (The German Observer)

Jean-Émile Laboureur (1877–1943), Vue Panoramique du Port de Saint-Nazaire (Panoramic View of the Port of Saint-Nazaire)

Edouard-Henri Lèon (1873–1968), La fabrication des mannequins de guerre (Making War Mannequins)

Artist Unknown, un Camoufleur; le même camouflé (a Camouflager; the same camouflaged)

Émile Gallois (1882–1965), Fritz: Je suis perdu! c'est un Kamoufleur.... (I’m lost! It’s a camouflager …)

N. Rinaudot, Nil Sub Sole Novum (There’s Nothing New under the Sun)

H. Manset, les morts qui veillent (the dead on watch)

Géo Monset, P. A. de F. le 31 Oct 1915

J. Lécuyer, untitled (making mannequins and props)

Artist Unknown, untitled (soldier with a large paintbrush)

Camille-Félix Bellanger (1853–1923), Champ de Bataille de Quennevières (Battlefield at Quennevières)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Pylone Metallique Triangulaire (Triangular Metal Pylon)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Pylone observatoire telescopique mobile bottin (Mobile Telescoping Bottin Observation Pylon)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Instructions sur a pose des guerites observatoires blindees camouflees (Instructions for the Installation of Camouflaged, Shielded Look-Out Turret)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Croquis d’Interieur d’une OD 97 (Sketch of the Inside of an OD 97)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Pylon Hardelay modèle léger (9 Meter High Light Hardelay Pylon)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Periscope (Periscope)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), OD 85 Guerite Cylindrique (Cylindrical Look- Out Turret OD 85)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Croquis d’une guerite OD 92… (Sketch of a Domed, Rotating Look-Out Turret OD 92 -The Dome is Camouflaged from the Direct?frontal? View)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Arbre blindé camoufle (Shielded Tree Disguise)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Croquis d’une guerite OD 90 (Sketch of a Look-Out Turret OD 90)

Pierre Patout (1879–1965), Echelle pour Arbre d'Observation (Ladder for an Observation Tree)

Gairaud (dates unknown), 1914-15-etc., à Ch.-O. Galtier (1914-15 -etc., dedicated to Ch.-O. Galtier)

Auguste Herbst (1878–1951), untitled

J. E. Appad?, l'Eglise de Tracy le Val. près Quennevieres

Camille-Félix Bellanger (1853–1923), untitled

Maurice Busset (1879–1936), Le retour de Védrines, Verdun 1916 (The Return of Védrines, Verdun 1916)

Maurice Delcourt (1877–1916), untitled (letter with drawings of cats)

Henry de Groux (1867–1930), Exposition de L’Oeuvre de Guerre de Henry de Groux (Exhibition of War Work by Henry de Groux)

Charles-Lucien Léandre (1862–1934), untitled (four standing civilians)

Henri Lenoir, untitled (allegorical image of Germany - Eagle of the House of Hohenzollern above a devastated landscape)

Henri Lenoir, untitled (allegory of France - female figure, the Gallic Rooster in her hair) surrounded by emblems of the allied forces

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), title page

Joseph-Félix Bouchor (1853–1937), untitled (portrait of an aviator)

Gaston Deblaize (1895–1935), La Borne de Terre Sacrée (Landmark of Sacred Earth)

Artist Unknown, untitled (table easel made from bullets)

Artist Unknown, sewing kit

André Edouard Devambez (1867–1944), untitled (soldiers in bomb craters)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (active 1756–present), paperweight

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931), Le Vêtement du Prisonnier de Guerre

Jean Louis Forain (1852–1931); Max Blondat (1872–1925); Edmond-Émile Lindauer (1869–1942), Le Vêtement du Prisonnier de Guerre (bronze relief)

Pierre Albert Leroux (1890–1959), Vers le poste d'évacuation, Bois Sabot Champagne 1917 (Near the Evacuation Station, Bois Sabot, Champagne 1917)

E. J. Mika (active early 1900s), Au Capitaine Grand: Hommage Respectueux (To Capitan Grand: Respectful Homage)

Artist Unknown, sewing kit

Émile Gallois (1882–1965), untitled (tents outside a forest)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Gypsographies inédites/Essais pour une série de médailles exécutees par Pierre Roche/1914–1915 (Gypsographs/Trials for a series of Medallions)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), untitled (The Gallic Rooster)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), untitled (table of contents, page one)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), untitled (table of contents, page two)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Dédicace: A Ceux qui sont disparus (Dedication: To Those Who Have Passed Away)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Frontispice: Qui meurt quand la patrie est vivante qui serait vivant si la patrie etait morte (Who Dies When the Motherland is Alive? Who Will Live if the Motherland is Dead)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Aout 1914 La Mobilisation (Mobilization 2 August 1914)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Liège: Colonne du droit contre la violence 10 Aout 1914 (Liège Pillar of Righteousness Against Violence)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), La Veillée de Paris: 23 Septembre 1914 (The Vigil of Paris 23 September 1914)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), La Victoire de la Marne: 6-13 Septembre 1914 (The Victory of the Marne 6-23 September 1914)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Le Lion Belge sur l'Yser: 14 Novembre 1914 (The Belgian Lion at the Lyser 14 November 1914)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Fils de Garibaldi: La Gloire de vos pères vous a voulus tous deux (Sons of Garibaldi You Have Both Wished For the Glory of Your Father)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Prends racine au sol des aieux: Les Tranchées / patrie (Take Root in the Soil of our Ancestors / Motherland)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), La victoire: A Donne ses ailes aux avions de nos armées (Victory has Given Wings Our Army’s Aircraft)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Achevé d’imprimer le 2 Decembre 1915 sous la direction de Pierre Roche (Printed 2 December 1915 under the Direction of Pierre Roche)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), Ces gypsographies ont ete imprimées a 25 exemplares No. 2 André Fontaine (25 Copies of these Gypsographs Were Printed, No. 2, André Fontaine)

Pierre Roche (1855–1922), paper wrapper

Maurice Le Poitevin (1886–1952), celui qui défend sa terre (he who defends his land)

H. Albert Barberis, l'Epouvantail (12) (The Scarecrow)

H. Albert Barberis, l'Oiseau bleu (13) (The Bluebird)

H. Albert Barberis, le No-man's land (14) (No Man's Land)

H. Albert Barberis, le Village (8) (The Village)

H. Albert Barberis, la Ville détruite (20) (Destroyed City)

H. Albert Barberis, Froideterre (23) (Freezing Weather)

H. Albert Barberis, une Arrivée (7) (An Arrival)

H. Albert Barberis, portfolio cover

Events

March 2, 2019

Talk

Camouflage and Other Hidden Treasures from the Eric Gustav Carlson WWI Collection

2:00–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Kemper Family Foundations Balcony, 408

March 14, 2019

Talk

World War I in Art and Song

10:15–11:15AM

Spencer Museum of Art, Larry and Barbara Marshall Family Balcony, 404

Resources

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