Place | Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines |
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Accession Number | ART11424.001 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | framed: 61.2 x 33.2 cm; unframed: 48.8 x 121 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on canvas |
Maker |
McCubbin, Louis Frederick |
Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines |
Date made | 1919 |
Conflict |
Period 1910-1919 First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Panorama of Messines [first section]
A panorama view of the landscape of Messines, with hills in the middle and distant grounds. The landscape contains two ruined buildings one at the centre left and one at centre right and several rows of trees can be viewed in the lower right and centre right of the composition.
Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Field Ambulance. He undertook a camouflage course and was appointed as an Official War Artist working as Officer in Charge of Camouflage for 3rd Division AIF in 1918. His appointment was terminated in 1920, in which year he returned to Australia and joined the staff of the Australian War Memorial to paint backgrounds for dioramas and to perform a variety of other duties. McCubbin remained in the position until 1930.