Art of Soldiers and War

Collections at the Smithsonian contain poignant artwork depicting a soldier's life from around the world. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum holds many of American artist Winslow Homer's drawings and paintings of soldiers. Learn how World War I marked a turning point with the appearance of artwork by first-hand participants.

Soldiers Drilling

Soldiers of the Telephone

Soldiers Escorting Civilians

Untitled (War Scene, Wounded Soldier)

Soldier Marching

Winter Soldiers

Studies of Soldiers

The Sick Soldier

Soldiers In Mountains

Untitled (War Scene, Soldier with Machine Gun and Enemy Soldier)

War Scene--Three Soldiers with Bayonnets

Front Line Stuff

Dance of Death

Train of Army Wagons

Soldier Loading His Gun

Cavalry Soldier

Four Studies of Soldiers' Heads

The Wounded Soldier [painting] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Out from Battle

Encounter in the Darkness

Troops Waiting to Advance at Hattonchâtel - St. Mihiel Drive

Battle of the Marne

Soldier

First Division Headquarters Kitchen - St. Mihiel Drive

His Bunkie

Sniper at Chateau Thierry

Symphony of Terror

The Road through Fossoy. (On the German line of Retreat)

American Troops Supply Train

Flower of Death--The Bursting of a Heavy Shell--Not as It Looks, but as It Feels and Sounds and Smells

Starting to go Home

44c Bill Mauldin single

Salad--A Cleaned-Up Machine--Gun Nest, Bois de Belleau

On the Trail of the Hun - St. Mihiel Drive

Soldiers Training

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