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Orderly Retreat
194320th century
48 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (122.5 x 84.5 x 7 cm)
Philip Evergood (aka Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood), American, (1901–1973)
Object Type:
Paintings
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, Encyclopedia Britannica Collection, gift of William Benton, Class of 1921, Trustee 1948-1961
Accession Number:
1997.267
Orderly Retreat, a haunting anti-war image, depicts the retreat of German soldiers from Russia during World War Two. Contrary to the World War I song sheets on display in the library, Orderly Retreat is not an image which emphasizes the virtues of military duty. The lifeless, skeletal forms of the marching German soldiers symbolize the death war brings and contrast with the brightly colored Russian family. Evergood described war to be nothing but "the futility of selfish aggression" which always defies ôthe laws of human justice.ö Orderly Retreat is more than a satire of World War Two; Evergood meant it to be reflective of all human history, and he wrote that "although Orderly Retreat symbolizes the obliteration of the cruel and vile Nazi military machine by the courageous Russian People, it is intended to carry a universal and timeless connotation."
Philip Evergood was born in New York City in 1901. The son of an Australian landscape painter, he first studied at Cambridge University but left to pursue a career in art at the Slade School in London. Following his time at the Slade School he traveled between Europe and New York until finally settling in New York. Evergood was one of the most renowned Social Realist painters of his day, using his art as social criticism in sympathy with the struggles of everyday people.
Orderly Retreat was given to Carleton College in 1954 by William Benton, the former head of Encyclopedia Britannica and an alumnus of Carleton. This painting is one of eleven works in the Carleton collection formally part of the Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Painting.
Philip Evergood was born in New York City in 1901. The son of an Australian landscape painter, he first studied at Cambridge University but left to pursue a career in art at the Slade School in London. Following his time at the Slade School he traveled between Europe and New York until finally settling in New York. Evergood was one of the most renowned Social Realist painters of his day, using his art as social criticism in sympathy with the struggles of everyday people.
Orderly Retreat was given to Carleton College in 1954 by William Benton, the former head of Encyclopedia Britannica and an alumnus of Carleton. This painting is one of eleven works in the Carleton collection formally part of the Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Painting.
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- American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
- canvas - Closely woven textile made in various weights, usually of flax, hemp, jute, or cotton, used especially for sails, tarpaulins, awnings, upholstery, and as a support for oil painting. Also used for a latticelike mesh made of similar material, used as a needlepoint foundation.
- Contemporary - Refers to painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present.
- oil (substance) - General term for a wide variety of viscous liquids (or easily liquefiable on warming) that are both combustible and immiscible in water. The character of oils may be mineral (e.g., paraffin), vegetable (e.g., linseed), animal (e.g., fish), essential (e.g., turpentine), or edible (e.g., olive).
- oil painting (technique) - The art or practice of producing creative works in oil paint, which is pigment suspended in vegetal drying oils. It dates from at least the Middle Ages in Europe, and was widely adopted for easel painting by the fifteenth century.
- oil paintings (visual works) - Creative works in the medium of oil paint.
- paintings (visual works) - Unique works in which images are formed primarily by the direct application of pigments suspended in oil, water, egg yolk, molten wax, or other liquid, arranged in masses of color, onto a generally two-dimensional surface.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Contemporary American Painting , 9/1/2017 - 3/14/2018
Dimensions
- outer frame Dimensions: 48 1/4 x 33 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (1225 x 845 x 70 mm)
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