Bibliograph

Arthur Streeton, the art of war, Anne Gray, with essays by Gerard Vaughan and Emma Kindred

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Arthur Streeton, the art of war, Anne Gray, with essays by Gerard Vaughan and Emma Kindred

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Arthur Streeton

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Anne Gray, with essays by Gerard Vaughan and Emma Kindred

Sub title

the art of war

Summary

While resident in London in 1915, Streeton joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, working as an orderly at the 3rd London General Hospital, where he came to understand the impact of war. His response to the tumult of the First World War is poignantly encapsulated in the works he produced as an Official War Artist in France from May to November 1918. As an artist best known for his lyrical landscapes, his depictions of the modern machines of war are unexpected, and yet they make sense. To a large extent, technology was what made the First World War so devastating, and Streeton was there in the last months to observe its impact on the troops, towns, and landscape. His vision of damaged guns, planes, and places serves as a metaphor for the many maimed and shell-shocked servicemen he encountered

Target audience

adult

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Art of war

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Creator