1914-1919 THROUGH EYES OF FORTUNINO MATANIA

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In August 1914 much of Europe was pitched into a war which would eclipse all others in terms of its industrialised ferocity. In an era where photography and film recording were still in their infancy- much of the news was relayed through the work of reportage artists. Pre-eminent amongst such artists was Fortunino Matania who was The Sphere's artist-on-the-spot for events ranging from coronations to colliery disasters. Sent to a variety of fronts to cover the conflict- his illustrations created a gripping and- at times- life-affirming testimony to those traumatic times. For the first time ever- this book collects those images in large format so that they can be viewed as they were intended. OVER 150 paintings and drawings on the World War 1 conflict- depicting all its horrors and special moments. His work inspired many contemporary artists: Annigoni and Russell Flint both visited his studio- and many comic strip artists collected his work including Al Williamson- Roy Krenkel- Frank Frazetta- John Bolton- Bernie Wrightson as well as film directors such as Cecil B DeMille and Alfred Hitchcock.

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