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Artist: André Mare

Artwork name: Survivors 1929

Oil Paint on Canvas, 40 x 32 cm

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Who is André Mare and what was his role in the war?

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Who is André Mare and what was his role in the war?

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André Mare was a soldier in the French Army, he participated during World War I, leading the development of military camouflage, for the British artillery. In 1916, he joined the camoufleurs, a organization that progressed through the creation of mass-scale camouflage. Their various pioneered products, from disguised gun emplacements, to his specialty, fake trees, even appearing in Charlie Chaplin’s 1918 film Shoulder Arms.

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The message displays the remnants of war that impacted men physically and mentally when they had to return back, trying to adjust in society was not easy, as visually they looked disabled, and vulnerable towards others.

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How does the image convey this? Give 1-2 examples from the artwork/photographs.

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How does the image convey this? Give 1-2 examples from the artwork/photographs.

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André Mare was endeavoring to demonstrate a message that men who suffered even subsequently of the war faced anxiety and turmoil. The image conveyed men, who's faces have been blurred, to express deadness - a feeling of loss in their emotions as the war wrecked their tranquility. The men are for the most part to some degree, are injured, which implies that these men have gotten together - on account of their comprehension of torment and experience.

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What are the values of this image to historians studying conflict?

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What are the values of this image to historians studying conflict?

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One value that this image has for historians is that it reinforces the idea that nobody came back from the war unscathed and that the men in the image are some of the lucky ones. The painting depicts three men, two of whom had to get their legs amputated. This could have been the result of landmines or uncontrollable trench foot, but either way, it shows historians the kind of extreme suffering that soldiers faced on the battlefield. This image includes a veteran that has been blinded, most likely thanks to gas. This reveals to historians how brutal the First World War was as it was fought before restrictions were put in place on unethical weapons like blinding gas.

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Is war glorified or condemned? Support your response by showing how the image conveys this.

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Is war glorified or condemned? Support your response by showing how the image conveys this.

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In the art piece by André Mare, world war one is condemned, as we see three wounded men to show the suffering and the damage that the war has caused to people. And that even as a soldier who survived the war they still have to live with injuries and amputations every day, a lot of the men had their faces disoriented by weapons and so, therefore, they faced discrimination in the public. War in some areas, the soldiers are praised and seen as brave men when they come home from war, however many of those are left with many disorders such as anxiety, PTSD and trauma.