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19th Century French Patinated and Gilt Bronze Figure "Offrande" Signed A. Gaudez
By Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in Dallas, TX
École des Beaux-Arts and in 1870 was a prisoner of war during the Franco-Prussian War. He started at the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

18th Century French Old Master Putti with Floral Tribute
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
accidental discharge of his musket while escorting French prisoners of war to Dover. While it was believed
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18th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Mathieu Matégot and Georges Jouve Patte D ours Ashtray with Stand, circa 1950
By Georges Jouve, Mathieu Matégot
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
and women’s clothing designer. He learned metalworking techniques as a prisoner of war in the 1940s
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Steel

Rare Museum Quality Late 19th Century POW Animated Money Box
Located in London, GB
most unique Prisoner of War “POW” Art examples of museum quality. A Late 19th Century POW Treen
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Antique 1890s German Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Pine

Georges Jouve and Mathieu Matégot Mid-Century Modern Yellow Ceramic Ashtray
By Georges Jouve, Mathieu Matégot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
dresser and women’s clothing designer. He learned metalworking techniques as a prisoner of war in the
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Ceramic

Georges Jouve and Mathieu Matégot Ashtray, circa 1950
By Mathieu Matégot, Georges Jouve
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
designer. He learned metalworking techniques as a prisoner of war in the 1940s and upon his release began
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Metal

Georges Jouve and Mathieu Matégot Ashtray, circa 1950
By Georges Jouve
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
. He learned metalworking techniques as a prisoner of war in the 1940s and upon his release began
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Metal

"Le Devoir" by Adrien Etienne Gaudez, Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 19th Century
By Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in Paris, FR
a prisoner of war in Magdebourg, Germany, he sculpted a monument to French soldiers who died in
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Antique 1880s French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Georges Jouve and Mathieu Matégot Ashtray, circa 1950
By Georges Jouve, Mathieu Matégot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
techniques as a prisoner of war in the 1940s and upon his release began designing furniture, pioneering many
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Metal

Georges Jouve and Mathieu Matégot Ashtray, circa 1950
By Mathieu Matégot, Georges Jouve
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
. He learned metalworking techniques as a prisoner of war in the 1940s and upon his release began
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays

Materials

Metal

Albert Alcalay Oil on Canvas "Nightlights" Colorful Abstract
By Albert Alcalay
Located in Detroit, MI
, he joined the Yugoslavian army and became a prisoner of war. Upon regaining freedom he settled in
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

RAF Interest, RAF Kingstown, Early Battery Operated Plane Cigar Lighter, 1936
By Sanders Mackenzie
Located in London, London
escape by German Prisoners Of War, when two German pilots stole a Miles Magister trainer aircraft from
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

English 19th Century Treen Domino Set
Located in London, GB
dominos could have been associated to a prisoner of war individual. We are sure that you may empathies
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Antique 1880s British Folk Art Toys

Materials

Pine

Guilty Bronze Lady Bust after W.Marsden
Located in Pasadena, CA
in 1917. He was later taken prisoner at Cambrai, France and sent to a prisoner of war camp. After
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Late 19th Century Romantic Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Silenus" Sculpture by Walter Marsden 1882-1969
By Marsden
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
Cambrai and sent to a prisoner of war camp. Following the war he resumed his studies and attended the
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mathieu Matégot - Partage difficile, tapestry, french, modern, abstract, aubusson
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in London, GB
tapestry maker. Matégot volunteered for the French resistance at the start of the Second World War, only
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1950s Abstract More Art

Materials

Tapestry

Sitting. 1969. Paper, ink, 24.5x19.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
performances to German soldiers and Russian prisoners of war. 1940 - 49 was a draftsman in the Fine Arts
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1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

WWI Son-in-Service Banner for a U.S. Navyman
Located in York County, PA
became a prisoner of war or missing in action, another color was used, such as purple or white. There was
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Vintage 1910s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Collage Painting
By Sir Terry Frost
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
concerned with electricity and radio, and did not take up painting until 1943, when he was a prisoner of war
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1970s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Mathieu Matégot Model Gin. Rare Green 2 Wheels Cocktail trolley
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in London, GB
a prisoner of war - when assigned to a factory in Germany he had utilised offcuts of perforated
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20th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Cut Steel

Wwi Son-in-service Window Banner:
Located in York County, PA
windows to signify the numbers of sons they had serving in the military during the war. There was one star
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20th Century Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

WWII Son-In-Service Banner with an Eagle, a Shield, and a "V" for Victory
Located in York County, PA
became a prisoner of war or missing in action, another color was used, such as purple or white. There was
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20th Century Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Salerno Invasion Huge World War 2 Naval Battle Scene signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Germans. Detained in the infamous prisoner-of-war camp Marlag O, Worsley documented prison life with
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Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The happy Gardener and his Rose: horticultural garden interest French portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
held Prisoner of War for 5 years, mostly at Stalag and at Benediktbeuren Internment Camps. While a
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1930s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Alte Bauernhof - 20th Century Oil, Figure Animals in Farmyard by O E Pippel
By Otto Eduard Pippel
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
was drafted, but was able to spend the war as an interpreter in a prisoner-of-war camp near Lechfeld
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Austrian S.S. Orontes Cruise/ Troopship Sterling Silver and Enamel Compact
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
to return Prisoners of War from the Australian camps and back to Europe. The Orontes was refitted in
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Vintage 1940s Austrian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) A monk, study, original drawing
By Jean-Pierre Laurens
Located in Paris, FR
in 1915 in Prisoners of war. Notebook in memory of the companions in captivity of the Wittenberg camp
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1920s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Unusual Engraved Rosenthal Crystal Picture by HAP Grieshaber
By HAP Grieshaber 1
Located in London, GB
a prisoner of war, doing forced labour in Belgian mines. After the war he returned to Germany
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20th Century German Decorative Art

Materials

Crystal

WWI Son-in-service Window Banner
Located in York County, PA
blue. If other circumstances occurred, such as the soldier became a prisoner of war or missing in
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Early 20th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Spirals
By Sir Terry Frost
Located in Brecon, Powys
prisoner Adrian Heath.'In prisoner-of-war camp I got tremendous spiritual experience, a more aware or
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media

Black Moon and Ochre
By Sir Terry Frost
Located in Brecon, Powys
in 1941. Frost remained a prisoner until the end of the war. This experience that changed his outlook
Red Yellow and Black 1997
By Sir Terry Frost
Located in Brecon, Powys
in 1941. Frost remained a prisoner until the end of the war. This experience that changed his outlook
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Color

Yellow and Blue for Bowjey
By Sir Terry Frost
Located in Brecon, Powys
, before being captured in 1941. Frost remained a prisoner until the end of the war. This experience that
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Black Moon and Ochre
By Sir Terry Frost
Located in Brecon, Powys
1941. Frost remained a prisoner until the end of the war. This experience that changed his outlook on
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Hofgarten in München- Impressionist Figurative Oil Painting - Otto Eduard Pippel
By Otto Eduard Pippel
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
First World War he was drafted, but was able to spend the war as an interpreter in a prisoner-of-war
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WWI SON-IN-SERVICE WINDOW BANNER WITH 4 STARS
Located in York County, PA
over the blue. If other circumstances occurred, such as the soldier became a prisoner of war or missing
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20th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

WWII Son-in-Service Banner for U.S. Navyman
Located in York County, PA
circumstances occurred, such as the soldier became a prisoner of war or missing in action, another color was
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Vintage 1940s Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Geronimo, from the Cowboys and Indians Series
By Andy Warhol
Located in Palo Alto, CA
displace him and his people but was ultimately captured, living as a prisoner of war for the last two
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1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Desire II
By Sir Terry Frost
Located in Brecon, Powys
in 1941. Frost remained a prisoner until the end of the war. This experience that changed his outlook
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Slumber Blacks
By Sir Terry Frost
Located in Brecon, Powys
in 1941. Frost remained a prisoner until the end of the war. This experience that changed his outlook
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique Still Life oil painting, large fruit oil painting jug and grapes
Located in AIGNAN, FR
, and was made prisoner of war) . These paintings earned him a first prize in the competition on "the
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1920s French School Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

WWII Son-in-Service Banner
Located in York County, PA
blue. If other circumstances occurred, such as the soldier became a prisoner of war or missing in
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Vintage 1940s Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Mural in Gouache on Canvas of Draped Performers on Abstracted Symbolic Stage
By Pierre de Berroeta
Located in New York, NY
. But in 1939 he was enlisted and subsequently found himself a prisoner of war in Pomerania, however the
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1940s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Pride and Prejudice: A Woman s Exhibition
By Paul Wunderlich
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
a prisoner of war, he moved to his mother in Eutin, graduated from the Johann Heinrich Voss
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

WWII Son-in-service Banner for a United States Marine
Located in York County, PA
, such as the soldier became a prisoner of war or missing in action, another color was used, such as
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Vintage 1940s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Horizontal Modern Contemporary Blue Toned Tropical Beach Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
father until he was 16 years old. Although World War II ended in 1945, Barsch’s father was a prisoner of
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1990s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Down South" Modern Contemporary Blue Toned Tropical Beach Landscape Painting
By Wulf Barsch
Located in Houston, TX
ended in 1945, Barsch’s father was a prisoner of war who was moved from Texas, to France, and then to
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1980s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Brutalist Mexican Sculpture Pendant Necklace Signed Bronze Pal Kepenyes
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Surfside, FL
prisoner of war during the Stalinist regime. In 1956, at the end of the Hungarian Revolution, he finally
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1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Slaughterhouse-Five, Signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Easton Press Ltd Ed., 312/850
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
of Dresden as a prisoner of war, as well as non-linear time travel. Slaughterhouse-Five turned
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Early 2000s American Modern Books

Materials

Leather, Silk, Paper

Polish Ecole De Paris Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Dancers
By Alfred Aberdam
Located in Surfside, FL
). During World War I he was imprisoned by the Russians and stayed in the camp for prisoners of war in
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Brutalist Mexican Sculpture Pendant Surrealist Stone Necklace Pal Kepenyes
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Surfside, FL
studies at the School of Decorative Arts in Budapest, and then was a prisoner of war during the Stalinist
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1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Rare Brutalist Mexican Sculpture Pendant Necklace Signed Bronze Pal Kepenyes
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Surfside, FL
Budapest, and then was a prisoner of war during the Stalinist regime. In 1956, at the end of the Hungarian
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1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

French Art Déco Bronze Antilope Scultpure on Stone Base by Max Le Verrier 1920s
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Salzburg, AT
and the Croix de guerre 1914-1918. While a prisoner of war in Münster, the sergeant was not required
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

"Battles for the Union" by Captain Willard Glazier, First Edition, 1874
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, where he was captured by Confederate troops. Glazier was held as a Prisoner of War at the infamous Libby
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Antique 1870s American Books

Materials

Paper

Lucienne, Mid 20th Century Sculpture.
Located in Cotignac, FR
commander allowed him to work with the German sculptor Anton Nagel while still a prisoner of war. The two
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Large Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

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