Sunset near Ligny Thilloy

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Accession Number ART09909
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 26.8 x 43.7 cm; image: 22.6 x 42.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description black crayon and pencil on paper
Place made France
Date made c 1916-18
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a war damaged landscape, denuded of trees at sunset. A road way, leading to Ligny Thilloy, winds through the landscape to the right of the scene. The landscape is that immediately after the fall of Bapaume. 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.