here. An illuminating new study of the artist Ralston Crawford, focusing on his wartime experiences and the influence of aviation on his work. With contributions from experts on American modernism and Crawford scholars, including his son John. American art underwent a transformation during the period 1940–55, and nowhere is that change better exemplified than in the work of Ralston Crawford (1906–1978). Crawford worked in a variety of media throughout his career, and his wartime and early postwar art ranged from designing camouflage and creating weather infographics for the US Army to documenting the detonation of the atomic bomb for Fortune magazine. This exciting new book explores Cr">