The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914
The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time, his wartime work was immensely popular and appeared in nearly every major news magazine, Allied, Neutral and Central Powers alike. Literally tens of millions of readers saw wartime events through the medium of Matania's weekly illustrations and, as such, he played an important role in defining people's mental image of what Great War battlefield scenes and soldiers looked like
Picture No
10725210
Media ID
45231343
Size
4299px x 5906px
(3.2MB)
Credit
©David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Sphere Magazine
Date
1914
