Framed Watercolor Portrait

Author

Bringing War Home

Files

Description

Wood and paper framed watercolor portrait in good functional condition. Custom made in July 1945 by Heinz Bensing in Salina, Utah. Participant ID 00027, Object ID 00063.

Keywords

Custom Made, Family, Civilian, Military, Cultural, Family Heirloom

Collection Site

Fort Douglas Military Museum

Object Story

Wendi Pettett inherited a framed watercolor portrait of her father from WWII. In July 1945, a German prisoner of war by the name of Heinz Bensing painted a watercolor portrait of Wendi's father while he was a child in Salina, Utah. The participant remembers seeing the portrait while growing up and it often reminds her of her grandparents.

Copyright

CC-BY-NC

Collection Date

5-14-2022

War Era

WWII

Recommended Citation

Bringing War Home, "Framed Watercolor Portrait" (2022). Bringing War Home Collection. 72.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bwh_collection/72