Art Studio at Stargard

Notes:

Four prisoners of war are hard at work on different projects in the artist studio in Stargard. Examples of their work include caricatures of soldiers, portraits of prisoners, and a Russian artist working on a painting of the Madonna and child. The bunk to the left suggests that the artists lived in their studio. Some painters offered art classes to POWs as part of the educational curriculum in prison camps.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Stargard, Entertainment, Education, Art, Russian POWs, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: D. Backhaus, "Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland," Berlin: Vertrag Hermann Montanus, Photo 145, 76.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/435