Over 12 million civilians died in World War I. The somber shades of de Groux's nightmarish etchings captured the pathos of battle scenes and horrors that the artist witnessed on his visits to the front.
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C'EST LA GUERRE!
(THIS IS WAR!)
Over 12 million civilians died in World War I. The somber shades of de Groux's nightmarish etchings captured the pathos of battle scenes and horrors that the artist witnessed on his visits to the front.
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