| Place | Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART19589 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 54.3 x 47.3 cm; unframed: 28 x 30.2 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | tempera, oil on felt paper |
| Maker |
Chapman, Evelyn |
| Place made | France |
| Date made | 1919 |
| Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work |
Portal of a ruined church at Villers-Bretonneux
Description
The destroyed portal of a ruined church at Villers-Bretonneux, France. In 1918, only a few weeks after the end of the First World War, Chapman travelled to the battlefields of France with her father, who was attached to the New Zealand War Graves Commission. She was one of the first Australian female artist to have the opportunity to depict the devastation of the battlefields of the Western Front.