Panorama of Messines [first section]

Place Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

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.