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British Artists and War: The Face of Battle in Paintings and Prints, 1700–1914. (London: Greenhill, 1993). ISBN 1-85367-157-6; Haycock, David Boyd. "A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War". (London: Old Street Publishing). Hichberger, J.W.M. (1988). Images of the Army: The Military in British Art 1815–1914 ...
Mears' works are in public collections, including several at the Imperial War Museums, [1] and eight in the World War History & Art Museum (formerly of Alliance, Ohio and now a touring collection). [1] [13] A number of his paintings were included in the Brushes with War: Art From The Front Line exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum ...
By the end of 1916, Pryse had made an application to become a war artist, and towards the end of the war, was granted permission to sketch at the front and he was able to record the conditions of trench warfare in numerous water-colour drawings, but many of these were lost in the German offensive of 1918. [3]
November 7–December 14 – British painter Colin Gill, having previously served as a soldier on the Western Front, returns to France to work for the British War Memorials Committee. December 3 – The November Group (Novembergruppe) of expressionist artists is formed in Germany, and shortly afterwards merges with the Arbeitsrat für Kunst. [2]
By 1919, Gill had returned to the British School in Rome. Gill first exhibited with New English Art Club in 1914 and eventually became a member of the group in 1926. [8] He also showed works at the Royal Academy from 1924 onwards and taught painting at the Royal College of Art from 1922 until 1925. [9]
The Harvest of Battle (1918) (Art.IWM ART 1921) In 1918, after some negotiation, Nevinson agreed to work for the British War Memorials Committee to produce a single large artwork for a proposed, but never built, Hall of Remembrance. He was offered an honorary commission as a Second Lieutenant but refused, fearing it would prejudice his medical ...
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. ...
While working for the newspapers Gray received a number of painting commissions of military subjects and some of his drawings were submitted to the newly created Imperial War Museum in September 1918. The Imperial War Museum bought seven and Gray was subsequently commissioned to paint a large oil based on one of his sketches, A Ration Party of ...