Montreal’s Musee des Beaux Arts is the scene of a moving exhibit called, Patriotism of Death, featuring posters from World War One, that will open tomorrow evening.
Hilliard Goldfarb, Associate Chief Curator, describes it as a “small show, but heartfelt”. Of the 22 posters, there are representations from both sides of the conflict; German as well as the Axis countries of Europe, Britain the U.S. and Canada.
ListenGoldfarb says, “It’s important that we make these commemorative exhibitions and projects to honour the sacrifice that was made, and these individual soldiers of course were making that sacrifice in terrible conditions, many with great valour, fighting as they understood in defence of their countries, families and loved-ones.
The show will open in the evening, following Rememberance Day ceremonies and services from the capital in Ottawa, to those taking place in parks and churches, cemataries and town squares across Canada.
The show is in tandem with the current exhibit, ‘From Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Impressionism to Expressionism, 1900-1914.’
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