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Working with the British Government and the Armed Forces, traditionally the Official War Artists' schemes have been overseen by artists (including Muirhead Bone) and art historians (including Kenneth Clark and curators from the Imperial War Museums). Yet so too have the British Armed Forces discretely appointed their own war artists to ...
Pages in category "British war artists" The following 174 pages are in this category, out of 174 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "English war artists" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Mary Adshead;
David Jones (1895–1974) – Welsh artist and British modernist poet; William Roberts (1895–1980) – English painter and war artist; Raymond Coxon (1896–1997) – British artist; Leila Faithfull (1896–1994) – British artist; Harry Barr (1896-1987) – English painter; John Buckland Wright (1897–1954) – New Zealand born illustrator
Military art and portraiture has evolved along with other aspects of war. The British official war artists of the First World War created a unique account of that conflict. The British War Artists Scheme expanded the number of official artists and enlarged the scope of their activities during the Second War. [33]
The War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC), was a British government agency established within the Ministry of Information at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and headed by Sir Kenneth Clark. Its aim was to compile a comprehensive artistic record of Britain throughout the war.
This category is for War artists whose main topical focus was the first World War. Many of these artists were official artists for their respective governments, but some have produced work post-War. Contents
Pages in category "Lists of war artists" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... British official war artists; C. Canadian official war ...