Place | Europe: France |
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Accession Number | ART02242 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 45.2 x 56.7 cm; image: 44 x 53.8 cm |
Object type | |
Physical description | lithographic crayon on paper |
Place made | France |
Date made | c 1917-1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Delville Wood, looking towards Flers
Description
Depicts the war damaged and bomb blasted landscape of Delville Wood, looking towards Flers on the horizon. In the foreground are the remains of a number of damaged trees and some barbed wire. 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.