Les Adieux du Rail

Title: Les Adieux du Rail
Collection: L’Art de la Guerre – Painting 8
Artist: Theodore aussier
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 56x43 in 
Date: 2025

Description:
Les Adieux du Rail captures a poignant moment set in the early 1900s, inspired by the Russo-Japanese War era. In a snow-covered industrial railyard, soldiers in muted earth tones and weathered uniforms prepare to board a steam locomotive bound for the front. Amid the chaos, a young girl in a tattered shawl offers a piece of bread to a Red Cross medic by a small fire, symbolizing the enduring human spirit amidst suffering. In the background, smoke stacks and an Imperial Japanese flag loom under heavy skies, hinting at industrial warfare and foreign occupation. The painting balances realism and emotion, paying homage to sacrifice, departure, and the forgotten moments of war.