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
American Soldier
A Soldier
Returning Refugees Hatton Chattel
Campfire with Soldiers
Drummer Seen from the Back
Study of Soldiers Taking Aim
Raid on Our Trench
Grenadier Cut Off in the Flaming Woods
Lessons in a Soldier's Life
Dead Soldier
Unloading Ship at Bassen Docks