Alfred STEVENS Belgium 1823 – France 1906 (Moonlit seascape) 1892 oil on panel; National Gallery of Australia In 1880 Stevens was advised to take the sea air as a remedy for a bronchial condition allegedly caused by breathing turpentine fumes. Acting on this advice he began spending two months of each year on the Normandy coast. During these visits he painted seascapes and the hotel society of the seaside resorts. By this time his reputation was such that the dealer Georges Petit guaranteed to pay the artist 50 000 francs for his output of seascapes per season. more

Alfred STEVENS Belgium 1823 – France 1906

(Moonlit seascape) 1892 oil on panel; National Gallery of Australia

In 1880 Stevens was advised to take the sea air as a remedy for a bronchial condition allegedly caused by breathing turpentine fumes. Acting on this advice he began spending two months of each year on the Normandy coast.

During these visits he painted seascapes and the hotel society of the seaside resorts. By this time his reputation was such that the dealer Georges Petit guaranteed to pay the artist 50 000 francs for his output of seascapes per season.

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thegildedcentury: Life, June 19, 1944 No Cum Chum

thegildedcentury:

Life, June 19, 1944

No Cum Chum

thegildedcentury: Life magazine, June 19, 1944 Loaded with four vehicles, a U.S. LCT (Landing craft tank) cruises easily toward shore.  The plume of white smoke drifting across the beach is from smoke shells laid down by naval guns to screen landing forces.  Outlined agaisnt the smoke at right is an LCI. (Landing Craft, Infantry)

thegildedcentury:

Life magazine, June 19, 1944

Loaded with four vehicles, a U.S. LCT (Landing craft tank) cruises easily toward shore.  The plume of white smoke drifting across the beach is from smoke shells laid down by naval guns to screen landing forces.  Outlined agaisnt the smoke at right is an LCI. (Landing Craft, Infantry)

The Normandy invasion took place in the Bay of the Seine, on the south side of the English Channel between the Cotentin Peninsula and the port of Le Havre. This photo shows the damage left from the invasion, the plane crashed on the beach, the carrier boat still in its landing spot, houses and shops destroyed. Normandy Invasion D-Day Landings, 6 June 1944

The Normandy invasion took place in the Bay of the Seine, on the south side of the English Channel between the Cotentin Peninsula and the port of Le Havre.

This photo shows the damage left from the invasion, the plane crashed on the beach, the carrier boat still in its landing spot, houses and shops destroyed.

Normandy Invasion D-Day Landings, 6 June 1944

thegildedcentury: Life, June 19, 1944 The beachhead as reported at week’s end, is shown in white on north coast of Normandy.  The sea landings are indicated.  Plane arrows show where the paratroopers and gliders are supposed to have landed in the continuing airborne campaign, by far the biggest such in the history of warfare.  The main runway lines are shown.  Allies had repeatedly cut line to Cherbourg at Bayeux, Carentan and Ste. Mere-Eglise.  Germans claimed 20 allied divisions opposed 10 German of the Seventh and Fifteenth Armies.  Allied bombings pounded 25 German airfields in a 150-mile circle around the beachhead.  Germans claimed to have identified 1st, 4th and 20th U.S., 7th and 9th British Armored.  50th British and 2nd and 3rd Canadian Divisions.

thegildedcentury:

Life, June 19, 1944

The beachhead as reported at week’s end, is shown in white on north coast of Normandy.  The sea landings are indicated.  Plane arrows show where the paratroopers and gliders are supposed to have landed in the continuing airborne campaign, by far the biggest such in the history of warfare.  The main runway lines are shown.  Allies had repeatedly cut line to Cherbourg at Bayeux, Carentan and Ste. Mere-Eglise.  Germans claimed 20 allied divisions opposed 10 German of the Seventh and Fifteenth Armies.  Allied bombings pounded 25 German airfields in a 150-mile circle around the beachhead.  Germans claimed to have identified 1st, 4th and 20th U.S., 7th and 9th British Armored.  50th British and 2nd and 3rd Canadian Divisions.

thegildedcentury: Life magazine, June 19, 1944

thegildedcentury:

Life magazine, June 19, 1944

U.S. Rangers on a troop ship in an English port waiting for the signal to sail to the coast of Normandy. Clockwise, starting from far left, is First Sergeant Sandy Martin, who was killed during the landing, Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Markovich, Corporal John Loshiavo, and at bottom, Private First Class Frank E. Lockwood. World War II: The Allied Invasion of Europe on The Atlantic

U.S. Rangers on a troop ship in an English port waiting for the signal to sail to the coast of Normandy. Clockwise, starting from far left, is First Sergeant Sandy Martin, who was killed during the landing, Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Markovich, Corporal John Loshiavo, and at bottom, Private First Class Frank E. Lockwood.

World War II: The Allied Invasion of Europe on The Atlantic