1914 - 1918 Through the Eyes of Fortunino Matania
by: Fortunino Matania / Peter Richardson (Ed.)

Hardcover. London, Book Palace, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 160 pages, illustrated in b&w and color. In August 1914 much of Europe was pitched into a war which would eclipse all others in terms of its industrialized ferocity. With photography and film recording still in their infancy, much of the news was relayed through wartime illustrators. Preeminent among them was Fortunino Matania, The Sphere's artist-on-the-spot for events ranging from coronations to disasters. Sent to a variety of fronts to cover the conflict, his illustrations created a gripping testimony. Over 150 paintings and drawings of the World War I conflict depict all its horrors and special moments. Clean copy.