PRESENTATIONS
ANDREW SPEAKS REGULARLY TO A RANGE OF AUDIENCES ON ART IN THE ANNE S.K. BROWN MILITARY COLLECTION COVERING 18th-20th CENTURY SOLDIER-ARTISTS.
John Cullen Murphy, en Route to Australia, courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT IT WAS LIKE...
To invade Russia with Napoleon?
To travel across the Atlantic and fight in the American Revolution against Britain?
To serve as the "court" artist for General MacArthur in the Pacific during WWII?
USING PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIALS & ORIGINAL ART, ANDREW'S PRESENTATIONS TAKE THE VIEWER ON A JOURNEY INTO PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN MILITARY HISTORY.
Faber du Faur, Foraging Sketch, courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University
Invade Russia with Napoleon & Faber du Faur
This illustrated talk explores the 1812 French invasion of Russia as seen through the eyes of Faber du Faur, a German artillery officer allied with Napoleon. Throughout the campaign Faber du Faur sketched everything he saw and later turned his field work into completed art. The talk uses Faber du Faur's images to bring this ill fated invasion and retreat to life.
Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger, Soldiers in Uniform, courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University
Fight as a Frenchman in the American Revolution with Lieutenant de Verger
This illustrated presentation explores the Revolutionary War experience of Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger, a young French Lieutenant in Rochambeau's army. During the war de Verger kept an illustrated diary. The talk uses diary excerpts and images to showcase de Verger's dramatic war years in America.
John Cullen Murphy, Tokyo Dancers, courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University
Explore a Unique WWII Perspective with John Cullen Murphy
This presentation highlights the WWII experience of Major John Cullen Murphy, an American soldier-artist who served in the South Pacific. The talk showcases a wide range of Murphy's art and illuminates his war experience with excerpts from the 1,000 letters he sent home to his Mom over his five years in the US Army.
