Sickbay in a Shellhole

Painting

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Tom Lea Institute

Sickbay in a Shellhole, 1944. Oil on canvasboard. 27 X 32. Life Collection of Art WWII, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.: Soldiers tend to wounded comrades amidst a war-torn, desolate landscape with a chaplain looking on holding a bible
Sickbay in a Shellhole, 1944. Oil on canvasboard. 27 X 32. Life Collection of Art WWII, U.S. Army Center of Military History, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Soldiers tend to wounded comrades amidst a war-torn, desolate landscape with a chaplain looking on holding a bible

Name/Title

Sickbay in a Shellhole

Description

Soldiers tend to wounded comrades amidst a war-torn, desolate landscape with a chaplain looking on holding a bible

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil, Oil on Canvasboard

Subject

A group of soldiers

Subject Place

Region

Southeast Asia

Continent

Asia

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Tom Lea

Role

Painter

Date made

1944

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

El Paso, Texas

Continent

North America

Location

Location

Collection

Collection of U.S. Army Center of Military History

Date

November 3, 2025

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Catherine Lea Weeks