A new exhibit at the National WWII Museum highlights the work of Tom Lea, who drew and painted the conflict for LIFE Magazine

Queen Mary of Denmark attends the event marking the 20th anniversary of the “The Specialists”, organisation that promotes social inclusion for people with autism, at the National Museum on 9 April 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Emperor Wilhelm II, 1909-11. Though recently repaired, the portrait still shows the marks of five slashes apparently inflicted by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II. The first grandchild of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, "Willy" suffered a birth injury that permanently damaged his left arm; many believe his disability, and others' reaction to it, severely affected his psychology. He was further warped by his early indoctrination into the all-pervasive Prussian military milieu, and manipulated by politicians who were opposed to the liberal ideas of his father, and who encouraged his increasingly arrogant and pompous behavior. He was eventually alienated from his parents, directing his anger and spite at his mother, especially. As an adult, he was decidedly a poseur, rarely appearing out of military uniform, and presenting himself in portraits as the personification of the most bombastic and bellicose form of kingship. Callous and vindictive, petty and dictatorial, fairly humorless, meddling. Oh, and World War I. The painting before restoration. The central arch of the colonnade of the Communs, Neues Palais, Potsdam, can be seen in the background. A finished sketch for the full-length portrait, 1909. Two sketches for the portrait, circa 1908-11. Here, in the background, the Communs is shown from the same angle as in the photograph below. In the studio: the artist, the horse, one of the artist's sons, and the unfinished painting, 1911. At this stage, the building in the background still looks to be a view of a wing of the Communs rather than the colonnade. Sketch of the borzoi included in the painting, though reversed. In the smaller sketch to the right of the dog, here, one can make out the Emperor and the horse in the same configuration as in the final painting, but the dog - as here - is in a reversed position. Circa 1908-10. Reference photograph with sketch of the horse's head and the dog in its originally planned position. As in the finished painting, the Communs of the Neues Palais can be seen in the background, though viewed from a different perspective. Reference photograph. The Emperor is posed on the terrace of the Neues Palais, Potsdam. 1908. 1908. *** King Carol II of Romania, 1936. A great-grandchild of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Carol grew up under the control of his great-uncle King Carol I, who spoiled the child and, at the same time, instilled a "profound love of German militarism". He also largely excluded the boy's parents from any role in his upbringing; Carol would eventually become alienated from his parents, especially his mother the vivacious, flamboyant Queen Marie. Lazy and apathetic, from his teenage years he became known for his romantic misadventures. At the age of twenty-four, second in line to the throne, he abandoned his army post in order to marry a commoner. The marriage was annulled seven months later, though the couple continued to live together; they even had a child the following year. Only a year later, he made a properly dynastic marriage to Princess Helen of Greece. (A second cousin and also a great-grandchild of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.) Their only son was born soon after, but the marriage quickly soured, due to Carol's playboy lifestyle, his drinking and womanizing. Then he took up with the infamous Elena Lupescu, who would be his mistress (and finally wife) for the rest of his life, and Helen was finally compelled to divorce him in 1928. Before that, in 1925, because of his relationship with Lupescu, Carol had renounced his right to the throne in favor of his son and had gone to live in Paris with his mistress. Two years later, Carol's father died and his five year old son was proclaimed king. But only three years, later Carol returned to Romania in a coup d'état and took the throne from the boy. Inflicting many petty cruelties on his former wife and alienating his son, indulging in a sybaritic lifestyle, Carol managed to weather the vagaries of Romania politics and the encroachment of Hitler for ten years; it helped that he had a complete lack of scruples. But he was deposed in 1940, and Michael once again became king. Carol and Luspescu went into exile, first in Mexico, then settling permanently in Portugal. Sketch for the official portrait. The artist and model. 1936.

Queen Mary of Denmark attends the event marking the 20th anniversary of the “The Specialists”, organisation that promotes social inclusion for people with autism, at the National Museum on 9 April 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hi, my name is Mario Unger, I'm a photographer and digital artist from Austria. Last year my main work was restoring and colorizing old photographs. In this post I show some of my favorites.

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Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Charlene of Monaco and Prince Jacques of Monaco during day eight of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters at Monte-Carlo Country Club on 14 April 2024 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

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František Kupka was a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic cubism (Orphism). Kupka's abstract works arose from a base of realism, but later evolved into pure abstract art. He was born in Opočno, eastern Bohemia (now Czech Republic) in 1871. From 1889 to 1892, he studied at the Prague Art Academy. At this time, he painted historical and patriotic themes. Kupka enrolled at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna, where he concentrated on symbolic and allegorical subjects. He was influenced by the painter and social reformer Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851-1913) and his naturistic life-style. Kupka exhibited at the Kunstverein, Vienna, in 1894. His involvement with theosophy and Eastern philosophy dates from this period. By spring 1894, Kupka had settled in Paris; there he attended the Académie Julian briefly and then studied with Jean-Pierre Laurens at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Kupka worked as an illustrator of books and posters and, during his early years in Paris, became known for his satirical drawings for newspapers and magazines. In 1906, he settled in Puteaux, a suburb of Paris, and that same year exhibited for the first time at the Salon d'Automne. Kupka was deeply impressed by the first Futurist Manifesto, published in 1909 in Le Figaro. Kupka’s 1909 painting Piano Keyboard/Lake marked a break in his representational style. His work became increasingly abstract around 1910–11, reflecting his theories of motion, color, and the relationship between music and painting (orphism). In 1911, he attended meetings of the Puteaux Group (Section d'Or). In 1912, he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in the Cubist room, although he did not wish to be identified with any movement. Creation in the Plastic Arts, a book Kupka completed in 1913, was published in Prague in 1923. In 1931, he was a founding member of Abstraction-Création. In 1936, his work was included in the exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and in an important show with another excellent Czech painter Alphonse Mucha at the Jeu de Paume in Paris. A retrospective of his work took place at the Galerie Mánes in Prague in 1946. The same year, Kupka participated in the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, where he continued to exhibit regularly until his death. During the early 1950s, he gained general recognition and had several solo shows in New York. Kupka had a strong interest in color theory. His decadent 1907 self-portrait The Yellow Scale prefigures his abstract emphasis on color. Around 1910 he began developing his own color wheels, adapting a format previously explored by Sir Isaac Newton and Hermann von Helmholtz. This work in turn led Kupka to execute a series of paintings he called "Discs of Newton" (1911-12). Kupka was interested in freeing colors from descriptive associations. His work in this area is thought to have influenced other artists like Robert Delaunay.

LIFE.com recalls a chilling Alfred Eisenstaedt photo of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels at a League of Nations conference in 1933.

The close familial links between the British and German monarchs in 1914 meant he held honorary ranks as a German Field Marshal and as a colonel of German regiments.

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Princess Olga Romanoff speaks as part of a startling new six-part Channel 4 documentary series marking 100 years of the House of Windsor.

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This is a Giclee reproduction of an original oil painting titled The Guardian II (60 x 48 inches, oil on panel, 2017). The print is titled and signed in the border beneath the image. ----------------------------------------------------------- Size options are: IMAGE SIZE: 22 x 26 inches (56 x 66 cm) / PAPER SIZE: 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76 cm) IMAGE SIZE: 16 x 20 inches (41 x 51 cm) / PAPER SIZE: 17 x 22 inches (43 x 56 cm) IMAGE SIZE: 12 x 15 inches (30 x 38 cm) / PAPER SIZE: 13 x 17 inches (33 x 43 cm) IMAGE SIZE: 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm) / PAPER SIZE: 8.5 x 11 inches (22 x 28 cm) ----------------------------------------------------------- PRINTED on 100% Cotton Rag fine art, acid free paper using pigment inks. Prints are made with the finest archival materials to last 100+ years. For the longest life-span, keep out of direct sunlight and/or under glass. It is rolled and SHIPPED in a thick mailing tube (flat mailer for small size) via Priority mail (2-3 days) domestic, and First Class mail (usually 7-14 days but up to five weeks depending on customs) international. If you would like a different shipping method please let me know. You can see more of my work on my website, www.kaisamuelsdavis.com. Thanks, Kai

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Vasili Arkhipov was a Soviet naval officer who, upon making a split second decision, prevented the Cuban Missile Crisis from escalating into a nuclear

Vojna je o zabíjaní. Je aj o utrpení, žiali, je o úpadku humanizmu. Vo vojne sa uvoľňujú zábrany, otvárajú sa brány v ľuďoch, ktorými vstupujú do duše všetky nízke a podlé chúťky. Vo vojne musia…