POW Art and Handicraft Exposition at Torgau

Notes:

Prison camps often held art exhibitions which displayed the work of POW's. This is a general view of the exhibition of officers' work at Torgau in 1915, highlighting the paintings which featured portraits and landscapes. The exhibit also included decorative flowers and plants. Sometimes the art work was sold at POW exhibitions, which provided prisoners with extra income to improve their standard of living.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Torgau, Entertainment, Art, Gardening, Work, Handicrafts, Allied POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Schumacher, Joseph, "The Great War in Pictures," No. 6, Berlin: G. Stilke, 1915, 36.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/704