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Painting of helmeted soldiers around a cannon, with a central female figure in bright light and fiery red tones at the right edge.

War, mural study by Kindred McLeary (1941)

A dense, layered composition of soldiers in helmets working around a large cannon, with a central female figure rising above them in a bright blue-white light. Stylized, overlapping forms in green, rust and gray tempera suggest a mural study for a government building.

Artist
Kindred McLeary
Date
1941
Medium
tempera on paperboard
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2366 × 2880 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1941).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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