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Accession Number | ART02425 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | framed: 53.5 x 69 cm; unframed: 46.8 x 62.2 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on board |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Date made | 1920 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
War weariness ('Ain't this bloomin' war over yet?')
Description
Depicts a soldier sitting near the entrance steps to a cellar, near an improvised heater. The painting makes comments on 'the heroism of endurance'. 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.
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