As They Saw It: Artists Witnessing War,
Clark Art Institute March 5–May 30 Paul Delaroche (French, 1797–1856), Napoleon Crossing the Alps: The Guide, c. 1848. Black chalk with white heightenings on paper, sheet: 16 7/8 x 22 13/16 in. sheet1: 24 7/8 in. Clark Art Institute, 1990.10 The Clark Art Institute ’s latest exhibition presents four centuries of war imagery from Europe and the United States in As They Saw It: Artists Witnessing War, on view March 5–May 30, 2022. Spanning European and American art from 1520–1920, the exhibition of prints, drawings, and photographs shows how artists have portrayed periods of military conflict, bringing war off the battlefield and into the homes and lives of those who were often at a far remove from the scene. The exhibition is on view in the Eugene V. Thaw Gallery of the Clark’s Manton Research Center in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Auguste Raffet (French, 1804–1860), Prussian Infantry, 1852?. Pencil, black chalk, watercolor and gouache on paper, Overall: 16 1/2 x 10 1/4