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The Ghost Army Gallery - The World War II Collection
| Harold
Laynor's WWII series are journalistic, most are watercolors, each
is a pensive reflection of Army training, friends, places and battles;
unique landscapes of Army life. A dark brooding aspect of the war
surfaces toward the end of this series. After he enters combat, brutal
remembrances of death, slaughter and the grotesque results of explosions
record the terror of WWII. Often, later after the war, he would deal
with the sad, jolting memories of war by painting dramatic, lonely
portraits of solitary tree stumps. Their branches are jagged remnants
of a once verdant life, yet they promise new life to come.
There are fifty paintings from the WWII Series, produced over two years of his young life. Each was very planned by Harold. Each relates to a specific important incident during the war. On the psychological level, they document a young soldier's reaction to war. On the aesthetic level, they burst with raw talent and a need for expression no matter how shocking the subject. Author Philip Gerard wrote an engrossing non-fiction novel about the Ghost Army - a previously classified topic - Click Here for more information. |
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