Place | Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines |
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Accession Number | ART11424.004 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | framed: 52 x 125 cm; unframed: 49 x 122.6 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, fourth section
Depicts a brown and green landscape and white verticle lines of dead trees. Rocks on the top of the hill may be the remnants of houses or farm buildings. This landscape shows the devastating effects of war in the Messines area.
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.