The Deadly Art of Disguise: Allied vs. Nazi Camouflage in WWII Posted: June 23, 2025 | Last updated: June 23, 2025 Camouflage in World War 2 was the first time camouflage was used en masse by all ...

The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2.The spirals worked well to promote safety.

During World War II German propaganda emphasized the prowess of the German army and contrasted it with the British and Allied armies who were depicted as cowards and butchers, or brave but misguided.

A show at the Kimbell Art Museum considers a tectonic period in history and explores the way artists including Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Beckmann and Paul Klee, as well as lesser-known figures ...

Thirty-three years ago three young German painters living in Dresden kicked over academic traces and struck out for themselves. They shared studio, brushes, paint and their models. They exhibited ...

With help from the FBI, a painting that vanished during World War II has been returned home to Germany. The work— Landscape of Italian Character— was painted by 18th-century Austrian artist ...

The Nazis loathed modern art. They launched a war against it. “Degenerate Art,” an exhibition in Paris on modern art’s greatest crisis, is about culture wars and where they can lead.