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Accession Number | ART02230 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 43.8 x 57 cm (irreg.); image: 41.4 x 57 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | charcoal, crayon, pencil on paper |
Place made | France |
Date made | c 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Cease firing, enemy aeroplanes above
Description
Depicts a group of officers standing near an 8-inch howitzer gun in a war damaged landscape. They have ceased firing and one officer looks upwards, and indication of an aeroplane firing overhead. The gun is covered by poles and camouflage netting. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to France in December 1916, remaining there until May 1917, making records of the Australian involvement in the war. He was formally appointed as an official war artist, attached to the AIF, in May 1917, working in France and London throughout the war. His commission was terminated in March 1920.