Primary Sources: World War II: Visual & Fine Arts

An exhibit from the Brown University Library

"... consists of 96 works of art from the collections of the Canadian War Museum, the Australian War Memorial, and the Imperial War Museum. "

"From its inception, the National Gallery of Art has conducted extensive research into the provenance, or history of ownership, of objects in its collection, with particular attention over the past several years to the World War II era. In the course of this research it was discovered that the objects displayed on this page had in fact been looted during the war. "
National Gallery of Art

Online exhibits of some of the art available in the Navy's art collection. Exhibit topics include: From Space to Sea; Women in Uniform; The Vietnam Experience; World War II Navy Art: A Vision of History; Naval Aviation of WWII; "Remembering the Forgotten War: Korea, 1950-1953"; The Navy Art of Thomas Hart Benton; and many others

From PBS this site has "paintings selected from the collected works of the World War II combat artists." Click the title to view the image.