The Army Art Collection has over 10,000 pieces of art which, taken together, provide a wide-ranging visual record of the activities of the U.S. Army, with a clear emphasis on the human dimension of a soldier's life, both in peacetime and in war. "Portrait of an Army" highlights a representative cross-section from the more than 15,000 pieces of military art in the Army Art Collection, consisting of paintings, drawings, sketches, watercolors, and other media. The focus of the volume, like that of the Army and civilian artists themselves, is on the composite reality captured in each image and on the interplay between related images, regardless of chronology. The result is a portrait in its truest sense, a distilling of experience as remembered in selected, telling details. But it is also a collective portrait, a commemoration of all the men and women who have served the Army and their country so well. The intended result is a faithful image of the Soldier, past and present.

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Introduction -- Combat -- Combat support -- Combat service support -- Appendix I: the artists -- Appendix II: a brief history of the Army Art Collection.