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

Gairaud, artist

dates unknown

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

Where object was made: Europe

Material/technique: canvas; oil

Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 28 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 1 3/4 in

Credit line: Gift of Professor Eric Gustav Carlson

Accession number: 2014.2527

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

This portrait of a poilu (literally a “hairy one,” as the French called their infantrymen) as a Christ-like martyr is dedicated to the French journalist Ch. O. Galtier, who wrote about Serbian wartime poetry. The soldier’s enormous eye, encircled by a halo and a barbedwire-like crown of thorns, represents both foreboding and survival and may have been intended to suggest the all-seeing eye of God.

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

This portrait of a poilu (literally a “hairy one,” as the French called their infantrymen) as a Christ-like martyr is dedicated to the French journalist Ch. O. Galtier, who wrote about Serbian wartime poetry. The soldier’s enormous eye, encircled by a halo and a barbedwire-like crown of thorns, represents both foreboding and survival
and may have been intended to suggest the all-seeing eye of God.

Exhibition Label:
"Empire of Things," Jun-2014, Steve Goddard
This portrait of a Poilu (literally a “hairy one,” as the French called their infantrymen) as a Christ-like martyr is dedicated to the French journalist Ch. O. Galtier, who had written about Serbian wartime poetry. The soldier’s enormous eye, encircled by a halo and a barbed-wire-like crown of thorns, broadcasts both foreboding and survival and may have been intended to suggest the all-seeing eye of God.