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Etched in Memory : The Elevated Art of J.Alphege Brewer
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Etched in Memory: The Elevated Art of J. Alphege Brewer By Benjamin S. Dunham Peacock Press Mytholmroyd United Kingdom 2021 As an American member of The Western Front Association, I have learned from numerous WFA presentations, countless WWI-related books, videos, and songs that there were many different kinds of 'soldiers' (in the broadest sens...
Martyn Watkinson - ‘Gassed’ - The Story behind the Painting by John Singer Sargent
Martyn is a new speaker on the circuit and has a particular interest in art and how it shaped people's perceptions of the Great War.In this talk, Martyn will take a detailed look at 'Gassed' painted by John Singer Sargent and which was finished in March 1919 and was voted picture of the year by the Royal Academy of Arts. It is now held by the Im...
Ep. 283 – Frank Brangwyn’s Great War Art – Libby Horner
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Art historian, curator, film producer and lecturer Libby Horner talks about her research into artist Frank Brangwyn and the Great War. Brangwyn (1867-1956) was born in Wales and became a well-known artist, painter, watercolourist, printmaker, illustrator, and designer. Libby talks about Brangwyn’s art during the Great War and the impact that it...
The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois - The Commission, the Artist, and the Painting by Gerry White
'The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois' by the Italian War artist Fortunino Matania is one of the most iconic paintings to emerge from the Great War. Originally published in The Sphere magazine in November 1916, over the years it has also appeared on the dust jackets and within the covers of a number books on the Great War....