The Art Of War

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  1. AMWright

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    These are fantastic, thank you for posting. It's great to look through the high quality scans of the originals. Excellent designs.
     
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    World War II: Official War Artists - Group - National Portrait Gallery

    World War II: Official War Artists

    37 People in artist grouping:
    Under the guidance of the National Gallery Director Kenneth Clark, The War Artists Advisory Committee (WAAC) was established in 1939. Chaired by Clark and administered by the Government Ministry of Information and The British War Advisory Scheme, the group met monthly to coordinate the project, including selecting the artists, their pay and commissions. Each artist's primary purpose was to create imagery for propaganda, but it was widely understood that their work was more than just illustrating mass produced posters and pamphlets. By employing so many of the country's most talented artists, the committee were not only allowing the creation of an important and lasting record of the atrocities faced at home and on the front line, but also trying to preserve the lives and talents of the artists themselves for future generations. By 1945 the collection had amassed more than 5570 works.

    David Garshen Bomberg 1890-1957 Painter

    Charles Ginner 1878-1952 Painter

    Duncan Grant 1885-1978 Artist

    Eric Henri Kennington 1888-1960 Sculptor and artist

    Dame Laura Knight 1877-1970 Artist

    Laurence Stephen ('L.S.') Lowry 1887-1976 Painter

    Henry Moore 1898-1986 Sculptor

    Paul Nash 1889-1946 Artist

    Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson 1889-1946 Artist

    John Egerton Christmas Piper 1903-1992 Artist and writer

    Sir Stanley Spencer 1891-1959 Painter

    Graham Vivian Sutherland 1903-1980 Painter



    Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone 1900-1979 Artist and illustrator

    John Armstrong 1893-1973 Painter and soldier

    Robert Sargent Austin 1895-1973 Artist

    Edward Bawden 1903-1989 Painter and illustrator

    Stephen Bone 1904-1958 Artist, writer and broadcaster

    Henry Marvell Carr 1894-1970 Painter

    Sir William Menzies Coldstream 1908-1987 Painter
    Casualty reception station, Capua: Sir William Coldstream, war artist

    Charles Cundall 1890-1971 Painter and printmaker

    Simon Elwes 1902-1975 Artist

    Richard Ernst Eurich 1903-1992 Painter

    Barnett Freedman 1901-1958 Artist

    Anthony Imre Alexander Gross 1905-1984 Painter and etcher

    Eliot Hodgkin 1905-1987 Artist and writer

    Rodrigo Moynihan 1910-1990 Painter

    Cuthbert Julian Orde 1888-1968 RAF Captain and artist

    Mervyn Laurence Peake 1911-1968 Artist and writer

    Charles Pears 1873-1958 Artist; Royal Marine

    (Roland) Vivian Pitchforth 1895-1982 Artist

    Eric William Ravilious 1903-1942 Painter, engraver and mural decorator

    Leonard Rosoman 1913-2012 Painter

    Sir William Rothenstein 1872-1945 Artist and teacher of art

    Ruskin Spear 1911-1990 Painter

    Carel Victor Morlais Weight 1908-1997 Painter and teacher of art

    Anna Katrina Zinkeisen 1901-1976 Painter

    Doris Clare Zinkeisen 1897-1991 Painter, stage-set and costume designer, writer and equestrian champion
     
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    WAR ARTISTS MEET IN ITALY
    Catalogue number: NA 14235
    Creator: No. 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit
    Object description: Captain Henry Carr, War artist with the allied troops in Italy, paints war artist Captain Edward Ardizzone's portrait, when they meet for the first time in Italy. Ardizzone arrived in the country with the 8th Army, to whom he has been attached for over two years.
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    BRITISH OFFICIAL WAR ARTISTS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    Catalogue number: H 37760
    Creator: Malindine, E G (Capt), War Office official photographer
    Object description: Half length portrait of Captain Anthony Gross, an Official War Artist.
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    WAR ARTISTS PAINTS SAILOR'S PORTRAIT. 19 APRIL 1944, NAPLES, ITALY.
    Object description: Captain H M Carr, Official Army War Artist, at work on his portrait of O/Tel M A Easton, who is sitting for him.
    Creator: Priest, L C (Lt)
    Catalogue number: A 22961
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    THE WORK OF WAR ARTISTS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
    Object description: The painting 'Saline Bath at a Royal Air Force Hospital' by A R Thomson. This painting was exhibited at the National Gallery.
    Creator: British official photographer
    Catalogue number: TR 2772
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    Object description: The painting 'Saline Bath at a Royal Air Force Hospital' by A R Thomson. This painting was exhibited at the National Gallery.
     
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  6. Mr Jinks

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    Perhaps not `War` art in the traditional sense however-
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    Sunderland Echo:-
    Veterans and NHS workers were among those invited to the unveiling which featured the Sunderland Standard Bearers and a performance of The Last Post by bugler Scot Barrs of Royal Green Jackets.


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