Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
AvailablityUsually ships within five business days. ArtistP Coote CollectionWorldWarII
Description Original painting depicting a young panzergrenadier of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitler Jugend based on a famous image captured by the war photographer Wilfried Woscidlo. The teenage soldier was photographed outside the LAbbaye dArdenne near the city of Caen, Normandy on 7th June 1944. During the fighting around Caen, LAbbaye dArdenne was the location of the headquarters of the 25th SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment, commanded by SS-Standartenfhrer Kurt Meyer. The Abbey was used as an observation post by the Germans during the battle. He is carrying an MG 42 machine-gun set up as a squad light support weapon with a bipod and detachable drum magazine.Size: 24 x 18 in. (660 x 457 mm)Medium: oil on board
P Coote Member Since November 2008 Artist Statement The German soldier in World War 2
The artist has a long-standing historical interest in the German armed forces that fought on land during the Second World War. Thus, the artist specialises in depicting individual soldiers or the battles that they fought in. The works are original and inspired by the wealth of photographs from the conflict and attempt to portray the experience of conflict as captured on the faces of the participants.
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