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Saint Nazaire Special Ops Archival Pigment Print - limited edition
By Katherine Russell
Located in London, GB
undertook the raid, 228 returned to Britain, 169 were killed and 215 became prisoners of war. German
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Archival Pigment

Large Surrealist French Expressionist Oil Painting Moody Boys Pierre Henry
Located in Surfside, FL
(1963), Death (1963), The Sleeping Beauty (1965), The man prisoner of war (tribute to Félicien Challaye
Category

20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

French Surrealism Oil Painting Pierre Henry Surrealist Color Flowers in Vase
Located in Surfside, FL
the great Flemish masters’ works. Of the generation of great post war French artists he has shown with
Category

1960s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Surrealism Oil Painting Pierre Henry Surrealist Color Flowers in Vase
Located in Surfside, FL
(1963), Death (1963), The Sleeping Beauty (1965), The man prisoner of war (tribute to Félicien Challaye
Category

1960s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Golf Painting by John Blair, Craigmillar Park G C
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
when he attacked a Japanese guard in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Burma. Robert was runner-up in
Category

Antique Early 1900s European Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

"14, Rue Du Centre: Neuilly-sur-Seine" 1961 LOPEZ-WILLSHAW, Arturo
Located in Bristol, CT
border during World War II. Élie was taken to the prisoner of war camp Oflag X-B at Nienberg near Hamburg
Category

1960s Mixed Media

Materials

Paper

Picnic by the Seine - Impressionist Figurative Oil by Albert Dubois-Pillet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
, Prussia as a prisoner of war. After his release, he resumed a post in the Versailles army. Throughout the
Category

1890s Pointillist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Laid Paper

Still Life with Cakes - Scottish 1950s art still life oil painting female artist
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in Hagley, England
work in north west Europe including the rehabilitation and repatriation of prisoners of war and
Category

1950s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Mod Surrealist Commedia dell arte Circus Scene Oil Painting J.P. Serrier
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in Surfside, FL
Solange Serrier. His father fought in World War II and became a prisoner of war. In 1940, as a six-year
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Steamboat - British Post Impressionist art oil painting female artist
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in Hagley, England
rehabilitation and repatriation of prisoners of war and civilian internees. Zinkeisen traveled by lorry or by air
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Horses in a Landscape - Scottish 1960 s equine art oil painting female artist
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in Hagley, England
rehabilitation and repatriation of prisoners of war and civilian internees. Zinkeisen traveled by lorry or by air
Category

1960s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Porcelain Schumann Arzberg Midcentury Classic Floor Vase Cobalt Blue Gold beauty
By Schumann Arzberg 1
Located in Landshut, BY
. The severe devastation caused by the prisoners of war after the collapse, which included the
Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Silver Metal Bookends with Malabu by Marcel-André Bouraine
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
been mainly self-educated before the war years of 1914-1918, during which he was taken prisoner by the
Category

20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Marcel Bouraine Art Deco Bronze Bird Bookends 1930s
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
a program by which prisoners of both sides of the war were given a neutral place to recuperate and
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Monumental 1950s Brutalist Solid Oak Coffee Table, Attributed to Jean Touret
By Jean Touret
Located in leucate, FR
nature and craftsmanship. Taken prisoner at the beginning of World War II, he was sent to the forested
Category

Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Oak

Antique Framed Oil Painting on Board by Dieudonné Jacobs
Located in Dallas, TX
short by World War I. Serving as a soldier, he was wounded in battle and taken prisoner. At the end of
Category

Early 20th Century Belgian Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Wood

Shepard Fairey Chinese Banner Letterpress Print Obey Giant Contemporary Street
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Administration’s creation of a camp for prisoners of the War on Terror at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That month also saw
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Prints

Materials

Screen

Tom Petty Mojo Tour Shepard Fairey Holographic Slikscreen Contemporary Music Art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
Administration’s creation of a camp for prisoners of the War on Terror at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That month also saw
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Prisoner of War Sewing Box
Located in Denver, CO
Napoleonic Prisoner of War Sewing Box, whale bone, hand carved with original velvet
Category

Antique 19th Century French Boxes

Napoleonic Prisoner of War Bone Cribbage Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Cribbage box made by a Frenchman who was an English prisoner of war from stewing bones, circa 1800
Category

Antique 19th Century European Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Bone

19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Marquetry Straw Veneer Box England
Located in Antwerpen, BE
This 19th-century Napoleonic prisoner-of-war marquetry straw veneer box is a remarkable example of
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Straw, Softwood

Early 1900s Century Turkish Beaded Horse Whip
Located in Fall River, MA
Late 1800 - early 1900s Ottoman Turkish Empire era prisoner of war arts and crafts glass beadwork
Category

Early 20th Century Turkish Antiquities

Materials

Beads

Original Vintage War Poster What It Takes To Win WWII Colonel Merritt Dieppe
Located in London, GB
prisoner of war rate (including Merritt who was wounded and taken as a prisoner of war). Published by the
Category

1940s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Defense Du Foyer Bronze by Adrien Gaudez
By Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in Vancouver, BC
Franco Prussian war. In 1870 he became a prisoner of war and while in a camp in Magdeburg, he executed a
Category

Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

French First World War Trench Art, Two Brass Shells Engraved Names of a Couple
Located in Petaluma, CA
prisoners of war where the making of it is directly linked to an armed conflict. It offers an insight not
Category

Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Copper

First World War French Trench Art, Two Carved Brass Shells, Cup and Clock Weight
Located in Petaluma, CA
decorative item made by soldiers or prisoners of war where the making of it is directly linked to an armed
Category

Vintage 1910s French Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Straw Work Inlaid Folk Art Box
Located in Antwerp, BE
prisoners of war could spend endless hours working with easily obtained materials such as match sticks and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Straw

French Trench Art First World War Two Carved Brass Shells One Oil Lamp, One Vase
Located in Petaluma, CA
Trench art is a decorative item made by soldiers or prisoners of war where the making6 of it is
Category

Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Brass

The Great Escape, Unframed Poster, 1963
Located in London, GB
The Great Escape, unframed poster, 1963 Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of
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20th Century American Posters

Materials

Paper

Three Brass and Copper Trench Art Holy Water Fonts/Bénitiers with Crosses, 1900s
Located in Petaluma, CA
truly unique and moving collection. Trench art is a decorative item made by soldiers or prisoners of war
Category

Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Religious Items

Materials

Metal

Sunday on the Banks of the River Marne
By Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in London, GB
of modern and street photography. In 1947, after spending much of World War II as a prisoner of war
Category

20th Century Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mathieu Matégot Enamel Plate, circa 1950
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Holmfirth, GB
techniques as a prisoner of war in the 1940s, and upon his release began designing furniture, pioneering many
Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Serving Pieces

Materials

Metal

Original Vintage Travel Poster Blue Star Line Mediterranean Cruise Arandora Star
Located in London, GB
1940 whilst transporting internees and prisoners of war to Canada. The Blue Star Line was a British
Category

1930s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Shelf Model “Escargot” by Mathieu Mategot, France, 1950
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Holmfirth, GB
a prisoner of war in the 1940s, and upon his release began designing furniture, pioneering many of
Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Shelves

Materials

Metal

Rare Mathieu Matégot Centerpiece Bar Stand, circa 1950
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Wilnis, UT
dresser and women’s clothing designer. He learned metalworking techniques as a prisoner of war in the
Category

Vintage 1950s French Barware

Materials

Metal

Original Vintage Travel Poster Arandora Star Luxury Cruise Ship Blue Star Line
Located in London, GB
sunk in June 1940 whilst transporting internees and prisoners of war to Canada. The Blue Star Line was
Category

1930s More Prints

Materials

Paper

sculpture Bronze “Jean Mermoz”, signed A.Ouline – 1st part 20th
By Alexandre Ouline
Located in HÉRIC, FR
base with a plaque inscribed "The Prisoners of War & Escaped Prisoners of Nantes to their President
Category

Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"The Great Escape" Film Poster, 1963
Located in London, GB
rare poster that doesn’t often appear for sale. This was a film about the most daring prisoner of war
Category

Vintage 1960s British Posters

"The Great Escape" Film Poster, 1970
Located in London, GB
RARE poster that doesn’t often appear for sale. This was a film about the most daring prisoner of war
Category

Vintage 1970s British Posters

French Film Poster "Le Mystère Des 2 Océans" on Linen, 1955 Soviet Spa Film
By Guy Gerard Noel 1
Located in Petaluma, CA
posters in 1943, after two years in a German prisoner-of-war camp. He worked steadily for the next 23
Category

Vintage 1960s French Posters

Materials

Paper

4th of July (Cape Cod Massachusetts 1947) Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson
Located in New York, NY
Levy Gallery in New York in 1933. Taken prisoner of war in 1940, he escaped on his third attempt in
Category

Vintage 1950s American Photography

Materials

Paper

Bronze Sculpture By Etienne Adrien Gaudez (1845 - 1902), "pastoral Watteau"
By Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
monument of the Children of Voges who died for the Homeland, in Remiremont. He was a prisoner of war in
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

UNNAMED
By Elana Katz
Located in Berlin, DE
garbage. The stones are from an area of the cemetery dedicated to “victims” from the World War II period
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media

Landscape with Pines
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
Fine Arts in Nuremberg in 1942. From 1943 he did military service, then he was a prisoner of war until
Category

Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Excavation, figurative oil painting containing a human skeleton
By Michael Hafftka
Located in Adelaide, AU
red. The painting recalls memories of war, in particular prisoners of war. Hafftka is the child of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Untitled #250 (Darling) Photography by Josh Azzarella, 2019
By Josh Azzarella
Located in Orange, CA
of Iraqi prisoners of war, for instance, are edited so that the scene’s animating activity or feature
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Photography

Untitled #292 (in bloom) Photography by Josh Azzarella, 2019
By Josh Azzarella
Located in Orange, CA
of Iraqi prisoners of war, for instance, are edited so that the scene’s animating activity or feature
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

Untitled #295 (if....) Photography by Josh Azzarella, 2019
By Josh Azzarella
Located in Orange, CA
of Iraqi prisoners of war, for instance, are edited so that the scene’s animating activity or feature
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

Untitled #289 (No. Just immortality.) Photography by Josh Azzarella, 2019
By Josh Azzarella
Located in Orange, CA
of Iraqi prisoners of war, for instance, are edited so that the scene’s animating activity or feature
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Photography

Untitled #242 (Kingston Falls) Photography by Josh Azzarella, 2019
By Josh Azzarella
Located in Orange, CA
of Iraqi prisoners of war, for instance, are edited so that the scene’s animating activity or feature
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Photography

19th Century English Tinsel Print Portrait of Actor Retailed Saxon and Clemens
Located in Atlanta, GA
prisoners of war in the late 18th century. This technique was embraced in England as a perfect home craft
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Prints

Materials

Brass, Foil

Lectrice dans un jardin ensoleillé - 20th Century, Figurative Oil Painting
By Max Michel Agostini
Located in Arles, FR
a prisoner of war for three years. Agostini showed little interest in the numerous artistic
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Henri Maik Original Tapestry Hand Woven Signed Animal Portrait Modern Artwork
By Henri Maik
Located in Bloomington, MN
years removed from a Prisoner of War, Maik had his first solo exhibition in Paris. From there he went
Category

20th Century Contemporary More Art

Materials

Tapestry

South African POW Mission Style, Hand Carved Chair, St Helena, circa 1900
Located in Cape Town, Western Cape
South African prisoner of the Anglo-Boer war that continued from 1899-1902, while incarcerated on St
Category

Antique Early 1900s South African Mission Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Outstanding Vessel Model under Glass, Early 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
with retractable guns with a drawbar system. Work of a French prisoner during the Napoleonic Wars
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Models and Miniatures

Intricate Straw Work Inlay Jewelry Box with Interior Shelves and Design
Located in Hudson, NY
. Possibly created by a prisoner of the Napoleonic Wars.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Straw, Mirror, Wood

Intricate Straw Work Inlay Jewelry Box with Interior Shelves and Design
Located in Hudson, NY
. Possibly created by a prisoner of the Napoleonic Wars.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Straw

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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal prisoner of war for your home. A prisoner of war — often made from bone, wood and beads — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer prisoner of war, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A prisoner of war made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — is very popular. Igor Barkhatkov each produced at least one beautiful prisoner of war that is worth considering.

How Much is a Prisoner Of War?

A prisoner of war can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,881, while the lowest priced sells for $124 and the highest can go for as much as $98,500.
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    The category the prisons of Piranesi are considered to fall under depends on whether you're referring to the genre or medium. In terms of genre, the Imaginary Prisons series depicted by Giovanni Battista Piranesi are examples of capriccio or architectural fantasies. You can also refer to them as etchings, which is how the 16 pieces were printed. Shop a selection of Giovanni Battista Piranesi art on 1stDibs.
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    Whether war posters are in the public domain depends on their age. If a poster is more than 95 years old, it is usually in the public domain. Shop a selection of war posters from some of the world's top galleries on 1stDibs.
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    The Hildebrandt Brothers made the original Star Wars posters. The duo consists of twin brothers Greg and Tim Hildebrandt. Notably, well-known film poster artist Drew Struzan came out of retirement to design the artwork for Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015. You'll find a variety of film poster art on 1stDibs.
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    Opinions on which World War II propaganda poster is the most famous differ. However, two posters introduced characters that would go on to become iconic. The first is "We Can Do It," featuring Rosie Riveter, who has become synonymous with women's equality. Another influential design is " I Want YOU For U.S. Army," with its bearded figure wearing a star-spangled top hat. The image gave birth to Uncle Sam, the well-known symbol of the U.S. On 1stDibs, find a range of WWII posters from some of the world's top galleries.
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    More than 200,000 propaganda posters were made during World War II. The Office of War Information (OWI) was responsible for hiring artists to design the artwork. Famous posters include “I Want You” for the U.S. Army, featuring the well-known Uncle Sam character, while the popular “We Can Do It!” design depicts Rosie the Riveter. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of World War II posters and other vintage and antique posters.
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