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British official war artists were a select group of artists who were employed on contract, or commissioned to produce specific works during the First World War, the Second World War and select military actions in the post-war period.
First World War
The British Expeditionary Forces in Europe included artists whose work was exhibited at the Imperial War Museum after the end of hostilities.
Second World War
The British War Advisory Scheme (WAS) was administered by the War Artists Advisory Committee (WAAC) of the Ministry of Information. The project was devised Kenneth Clark, Director of the National Gallery. He was the WAAC chair; and he is credited with having established the WAS.
There was a general appreciation of the need to develop what "the camera cannot interpret." The government recognized that "a war so epic in its scope by land, sea and air, and so detailed and complex in its mechanism, requires interpreting as well as recording."
Selected artists
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.First World War
- David Bomberg, 1890–1957).
- Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953.
- Frank Brangwyn, 1867–1956.
- George Clausen, 1852–1944.
- Olive Edis, 1876–1955.
- Adrian Hill, 1895–1977.
- Francis Ernest Jackson, 1872–1945
- Augustus John, 1878–1961.
- Eric Kennington RA, 1888–1960.
- Wyndham Lewis, 1882–1957.
- Fortunino Matania
- John Nash, 1893–1977.
- Paul Nash, 1889–1946.
- Christopher Nevinson
- Sir William Orpen RA, 1878–1931;
- William Rothenstein, 1872–1945.
- Austin Spare, 1886– 1956.
- Gerald Spencer Pryse, 1882–1956.
- Snaffles (Charles Johnson Payne)
Second World War
- Edward Ardizzone CBE RA, 1900–1979.
- Edward Bawden RA, 1903–1989.
- Henry Carr RA, 1894–1970.
- Evelyn Mary Dunbar
- Simon Elwes, 1902–1975
- Barnett Freedman
- Ethel Gabain, 1882–1950.
- Charles Ginner
- Duncan Grant, 1885–1978.
- Thomas Hennell, 1903–1945
- Eric Kennington (also a war artist in World War I)
- Laura Knight DBE RA, 1877–1970.
- L.S. Lowry
- Henry Moore
- Paul Nash, 1889–1946.
- Mervyn Peake, 1911–1968.
- John Piper
- Roland Vivian Pitchforth, 1895–1982
- Eric Ravilious, 1903–1942.
- William Rothenstein (also a war artist in World War I)
- Alan Sorrell, 1904–1974.
- Ruskin Spear RA, 1911–1990.
- Stanley Spencer, 1891-1959.
- Graham Sutherland OM, 1903–1980.
- Carel Weight CBE RA, 1908–1997,
- Frank Wootton, 1914–1998
- Doris Clare Zinkeisen, 1898–1991.
- Anna Katrina Zinkeisen, 1901–1976
Recent conflicts
- Peter Howson, 1958– .
See also
Notes
- ^ Tolson, Roger. "A Common Cause: Britain's War Artists Scheme." CWM, 2005.
- IWM, David Bomberg
- IWM, Muirhead Bone
- IWM, Frank Brangwyn
- IWM, George Clausen
- IWM, Olive Edis
- IWM, Adrian Hill
- World War Pictures, Augustus John, war artist
- IWM, "Art highlights from the First World War," Eric Kennington; also a war artist in World War II.
- IWM, "Art highlights from the First World War," Wyndham Lewis.
- IWM, Fortunino Matania; Italian artist working in Britain.
- IWM, "Art highlights from the First World War," John Nash, 1893–1977; also a war artist in World War II.
- IWM, "Art highlights from the First World War," Paul Nash; also a war artist in World War II.
- IWM, "Art highlights from the First World War," William Orpen; also a war artist in World War II.
- IWM, William Rothenstein; also a war artist in Second World War.
- World War Pictures, Austin Spare, war artist
- IWM, Gerald Spencer Pryse
- CWM, Edward Ardizzone
- CWM, Edward Bawden
- CWM, Henry Carr
- CWM, Ethel Gabain
- CWM, Duncan Grant
- CWM, Laura Knight
- CWM, Paul Nash; also a war artist in World War I,
- CWM, Mervyn Peake
- CWM, Eric Ravilious
- CWM, Alan Sorrell
- CWM, Ruskin Spear
- World War Pictures, Stanley Spencer, war artist
- CWM, Graham Sutherland
- CWM, Carel Weight
- CWM, Doris Zinkeisen
- IWM, "Contemporary War Artists: Peter Howson: Bosnia," 1994.
References
- McCloskey, Barbara. (2005). Artists of World War II. Westport: Greenwood Press. 10-ISBN 0313321531/13-ISBN 9780313321535; OCLC 475496457
Further Reading
- Gallatin, Albert Eugene. Art and the Great War. (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1919).
- Gough, Paul. ‘A Terrible Beauty’: British Artists in the First World War (Sansom and Company, 2010) ISBN 978-1-906593-00-1
- Harries, Meirion and Suzie Harries. The War Artists: British official war art of the Twentieth Century. (London: Michael Joseph, 1983). ISBN 071812314X
- Harrington, Peter. British Artists and War: The Face of Battle in Paintings and Prints, 1700-1914. (London: Greenhill, 1993). ISBN 1853671576
- 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. Manchester: University Press.
- Sillars, Stuart (1987). Art and Survival in First World War Britain. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
- Holme, Charles. The war depicted by distinguished British artists ("The Studio Ltd., 1918).
External links
- Ministry of Defence (UK) (MOD), MOD art collection, war artists
- National Archives (UK)The Art of War at The National Archives