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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. ...
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]
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
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.
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;
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 ...
Bone was an active member of both the British War Memorials Committee in the First World War and the War Artists' Advisory Committee in the Second World War. [1] He promoted the work of many young artists and served as a Trustee of the Tate Gallery, the National Gallery, and the Imperial War Museum. [2] [3]