Wednesday, January 27, 2021

An Artist of The Frontline - The Works of Hans Liska

 HANS LISKA (1907 - 1983)

Austrian-born Hans Liska is one of the most well-known and prolific WWII Axis illustrators, who served with the German Armed Forces (Whermacht) during the war from 1940 to 1944.

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.

Liska convincingly demonstrates that he has an eye for the real war drama, with all its pain, suffering, desperation, hard work, endurance, sense of duty, and courage for yet one more push to the utmost, which all participants are likely to share, no matter under what colors they fought and died.

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Here are some photos of Liska in duty and also some of his scetches. 

More info, works etc about Hans Liska you`ll find at the end of this post.

At the frontline at Leningrad, October 1942
 
 
 
 
 



 




Info, photos and scetches taken from official Hans Liska website:
There you`ll find more about his life and several other of his works



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