Place | Europe: France |
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Accession Number | ART02235 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 45.2 x 57 cm (irreg.); image: 45.2 x 57 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | charcoal, wash on paper |
Place made | France |
Date made | c 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
An angry runner on the ridge
Description
Depicts a soldier wearing a tin helmet, in the lower right corner, moving away from a war damaged ridge. A dark and stormy sky, filled with shell bursts looms in the right hand corner of the drawing. 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.