Claggett Wilson

1887 — 1952

American painter (1887-1952)

Claggett Wilson (1887–1952) was one of America's first "modernist" painters. Early in his career he taught painting and drawing at Columbia University. After serving as a lieutenant in World War I, Wilson returned from France to document his experiences in a series of war paintings.

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Attack Developing in the Champagne, Blanc Mont Sector

Bacchus Survivor--In the Ruined Garden of an Old Chateau in the Champagne Country There Remains, Triumphant, the Statue of Bacchus, Chipped and Scarred but Still Laughing as He Squeezes the Stone Grapes into the Stone Cu

Boudoir of Madame la Comtesse H--. Black Death Lay Heavy in the Heart of this Exquisite Flower

Dance of Death

Early June Morning, Bois de Belleau--Sniper Who Had Been Potted During the Night

Encounter in the Darkness

First Attack on the Bois de Belleau, June 6, 1918, at Five O'Clock--3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment of Marines Advancing

Flower of Death--The Bursting of a Heavy Shell--Not as It Looks, but as It Feels and Sounds and Smells

Front Line Stuff

Grenadier Cut Off in the Flaming Woods

Hospital--On the Stretcher Where I Lay I Opened My Eyes and Great Shadows Quivered on the Wall... The Feet of the Row in Front of Me Stuck Up Like Footlights at the Play

Marine Brigade Moving up for the St. Mihiel Attack

Marine Scout on the Lucy-Torcy Road at Dusk, Chateau Thierry Sector

Raid on Our Trench

Rosalie, Rosalie! Rosalie is the Nickname for the French Bayonet

Runner Through the Barrage, Bois de Belleau, Chateau Thierry Sector; His Arm Shot Away, His Mind Gone

Salad--A Cleaned-Up Machine--Gun Nest, Bois de Belleau

Stragglers--French Wounded in the Retreat of Chateau-Thierry

Symphony of Terror

The Billet at Bouy

Underground Dressing Station

Alfred Lunt