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Goodbye, Old Man: The artist Fortunino Matania's vision of the Great War : Luci Gossling
For the first half of the 20th Century, Fortunino Matania drew many iconic moments, including the sinking of the Titanic, for the popular illustrated magazine 'The Sphere'. Between 1914 and 1918, he produced weekly paintings recording - in breathtaking detail - aspects of the war, visiting the front line and putting himself in danger to gather accu…
Fortunino Matania's Vision of the First World War by Lucinda Gosling
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Fortunino Matania's work is magnificent. It does for scenes of the First World War that only a Technicolor Movie could achieve decades later - faithful recreation of a scene based on as much evidence as possible gather to fill the senses. This smart, short book, like a gallery guide, takes you through the significant works of Fortunino Mantania. H…
Illustrating Armageddon: Fortunino Matania and the First World War
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By Jim Davies with a forward by Lucinda Gosling Unicorn Press £30.00 hb, 416pp, ills in monochrome and colour, no index, notes or refs. ISBN: 9781912690015 [This review appears in the current issues of Stand To! No.119 October 2020. It is one of 13 full reviews of books about or related to the First World War in this edition. Members receive…
“It’s All a Bit Heath Robinson” by Lucinda Gosling
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Lucinda will be giving us a fascinating talk on Heath Robinson, who remains one of Britain’s most famous inventors, inspiring the phrase "it’s all a bit Heath Robinson", describing any implausible and unnecessarily complex contraption. He was born in London and his first talent was illustrating and cartoons. But it was his love of inventing that wa…