"The Art of War"
ART OF WAR from Tom Cowan on Vimeo.
Matchbox Paintings from WWI.
This collection of war paintings printed onto matchboxes was offered by the props man when we were filming the feature "LIFE CLASS 1920".
The art was relevant to the story of war trauma suffered in a small rural town and the healing effect of art. The movie is about a somewhat shell-shocked French artist who tries to introduce life drawing to the village in 1920. So I thought I might use them as a preface to the movie.
As it turned out, I didn’t use them in the edit and only remembered them recently. They seemed so interesting and beautiful that I decided to put them out in this video.
As it turned out, I didn’t use them in the edit and only remembered them recently. They seemed so interesting and beautiful that I decided to put them out in this video.
I don’t know who the artist was or their place in the art of the war. Perhaps someone will come forward with information about their history.
Peter has told me that there are many such itmes available on the net which were produced in the period of WW1 and also WW2.
Here are some other examples of these:
WW2
If any of our friends know of other samples of this "matchbox war art", perhaps from members of their own families, it would be great to hear of them. Also if any messages were sent back home by soldiers writing or drawing on matchbox or cigarette packet sized cards.
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