Infantry, Chateau Thierry
ca. 1920
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Katz
Accession Number
1971.428
Tags
Art Historical Context
Kerr Eby's *Infantry, Chateau* (ca. 1920) is a poignant graphic arts print capturing the grim aftermath of World War I Eby, an acclaimed American etcher renowned for his stark, realistic depictions of war, drew from his own frontline experiences as an official artist with the Canadian forces. This work evokes the exhaustion and desolation of soldiers trudging along a muddy road near Château-Thierry, a French town central to the 1918 battle where U.S. Marines heroically halted a major German offensive along the Marne River. The print's historical significance lies in its unflinching portrayal ...
About the Artist
Kerr Eby
Kerr Eby (1889–1946) was a Canadian-born American printmaker and painter who became one of the most accomplished etchers of his generation and a powerful chronicler of the experience of war. Born in Tokyo to Canadian parents, he grew up in New York and studied at the Pratt Institute and the Art Students League under George Bridgman. Eby volunteered for service in World War I and saw action in Fra...