October 08, 2010

WORLD WAR II SKETCHES BY HANS LISKA

Hans Liska (1907-1984) is one of the most well-known and prolific WWII Axis illustrators, who served with the German Armed Forces during the war. In 1942 and 1943 German publishing house Carl Werner in Reichenbach, sponsored by Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG, published 2 albums with Hans Liska's sketches and color illustrations "to please the frontline soldiers and the workers of the weapon factories" in Germany.


Click the pic to see the large and impressive collection here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I was impressed by both the beautiful watercolour technique, as well as the terrific war documentation these watercolours represent. I own an original book by Hans Liska, dated 1952, representing Mercedes Benz's
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