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corporal richard m. gibney usmc (1922 – 2000)
Discover Corporal Richard M. Gibney USMC's powerful WWII artworks. Explore his poignant depictions of Pacific Theater battles & resilience. Hand-painted reproductions available.
National Museum of the Marine Corps (Raleigh, United States of America)
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About the artist: Richard M. Gibney (Cpl, USMC) (1922 – 2000) Richard Gibney enlisted in the Marine Corps on 27 October 1942 and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 18th Marines, 2d Marine Division. He fought in the battles of Tarawa, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, Tinian, Marianas Islands, Saipan, and Okinawa. Gibney received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1959 from SyracuseUniversity and worked as an artist. In the 1990s, he created a series of paintings from his wartime experiences for the Museum’s art collection. Gibney died in October 2000.
About this artwork
- Title: Run For the Beach, Saipan
- Artist: corporal richard m. gibney usmc
- Year: 1945
- Format: Square
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: National Museum of the Marine Corps
- Movement: Contemporary Realism
- Corpus context: post-war reflection , documentary style
- Main color: Putty
- Keywords: saipan painting , marine corps art , wartime art”
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