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US Army Combat Artist Team VII, Vietnam, 1968.
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EXHIBITIONS:
The Art of Combat: Artists and the Vietnam War, Then and Now
October 27, 2000 through January 7, 2001
820 E. 67th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46220
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Artist:
Stephen H. Randall.
This Homepage contains a description of the US Army Combat Artist Program, links to Steve's work done as an artist in the program, and links to other web sites of interest.
As a member of Combat Artist Team VII, Steve toured Vietnam in 1968, attached to a number of Army units from August to October. His observations, photographs and sketches during that time were used for reference in Hawaii from October to December as he produced a number of batik paintings for the Center of Military History.
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Artwork done by the Artist for the Program: (links)
Photographs. Black and white prints and color slides taken in the field. Duplicate slides and prints were made for reference by team members.
Sketches. Field sketches were done with colored felt pens. Other sketches were done at the team's headquarters at Long Binh, using journal notes, photos and memory with a variety of sketch techniques.
Paintings. Paintings were done in Hawaii at the team's studio. The media of batik- wax-resist applications of dye and ink to natural cloth material- was employed for all paintings.
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Program:
Center of Military History.
The U.S. Army Vietnam Combat Art Program
Between 1966 and 1969 the U.S. Army, Office, Chief of Military History with the logistics of the Army Crafts Program selected by competition teams of soldier artists (5 artists per team) and sent them to Vietnam. They were charged with the responsibility of recording through their art the army's operational and mission functions for inclusion in the annals of army military history. They made sketches, gathered information and impressions while traveling from unit to unit and participating in whatever the unit visited was doing. A second leg of the program sent each U.S. Army Vietnam Combat Art team to Hawaii where, under less hostile conditions, they fleshed out their sketches and impressions into finished works of art.
The Army's Vietnam Combat Art Program was unique in that qualified artists were selected exclusively by competition from the U.S. Army's own ranks. Prior to this program military artists, for the most part, had been seasoned, professional and civilian.
This was a bold and innovative experiment for the army. Selected soldier artists were granted freedom to express themselves as they saw fit and were actually encouraged to use a personal style. The resulting body of work from these artists is an uncommon and compelling look at the every-day life of army soldiers at war.
More than forty soldier artists participated in the U.S. Army Vietnam Combat Art Program and their art is permanently archived in the U.S. Army Center of Military History, Army Art Collection in Washington, D.C.
This the web site of Steve Randall, who went to Vietnam in 1968 as a member of Combat Art Team VII, and includes samples of his art that is in the Center of Military History Army Art Collection. A link to Steve's work as a plein air artist and member of the South Dakota Artists Network is given below.
Jim Pollock, who went to Vietnam in 1967 as a member of U.S. Army Vietnam Combat Art Team IV, has a web site that includes samples of his art that is in the Center of Military History Army Art Collection. Also on Jim's site are historical documents relating to the Vietnam Combat Art Program, news reports and an article written by the artist entitled "One Day in Vietnam, " which can be found at the link below.
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