The "Victorious Retreat" Back to the Rhine
Date1918
Artist
Frank Earle Schoonover
(American illustrator and painter, 1877–1972)
Illustration Citation"The Ladies' Home Journal's Souvenir Pictures of the Great War," no author, in The Ladies Home Journal, January 1919.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions47 1/2 × 37 1/2 in. (120.7 × 95.3 cm)
frame: 51 1/2 × 41 in. (130.8 × 104.1 cm)
frame: 51 1/2 × 41 in. (130.8 × 104.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Bank of Delaware, 1989
Object number1989-69
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextFrom November 1918 to October 1919, The Ladies' Home Journal ran "Souvenir Pictures of the Great War," 36 images by 13 artists, including Frank Schoonover, who painted 15 of the series. He did not travel to the battle areas, but rather used photographs and articles in the newspapers, especially the New York Times, for his research. In October 1918, the German government had already asked for armistice discussions as their army retreated along the Western Front in France, while American and French forces continued their aerial assault. Schoonover - adding a sardonic tone to his title - imagined the chaotic scene.
