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Thousand-yard stare

Maé Guilleuvic

Created on November 29, 2023

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The 2000 yard stare

Work of art

Summary

  1. presentation of the subject.
2. war painting 3. Presentation of the problematic 4.The author 5. Context and description 6.The link with the thousand yard stare 7.Other example of the thousand-yard stare. 8.My personal opinion of this painting 9.Conclusion
World war 2
THE RESULT OF A WAR ON A SOLDIER

WAR PAINTING

That 2,000-Yard Stare, 1944 Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 Life Collection of Art WWII, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Problematic

Why the painting represent so well the Thousand-yard stare?

The author

  • Thomas Lea
  • Born the 11 july 1907 and died the 29 january in 2001
  • WAR ARTIST
  • war correspondent
  • Muralist

context and description

  • real-life American Marine
  • Battle of Pelelio during ww2
  • "emotionally detached for the HORROR around them"

The link ?

The first things we notice is this looks that soldier is clearly traumatized because of the war. This is a perfect representation of the thousand-yard stare

Other example of this expression

the look of a soldier after 2 day of fighting , 1944 battle of eniwetok Theodore James Miller

My personal opinion