World War II

Instantly recognisable with their distinctive colour-coordinated covers, the eight volumes which make up War Pictures by British Artists were published by the Oxford University Press some 75 years ago. Created to achieve wider appreciation of the artworks commissioned by the War Artistsí Advisory Committee (WAAC), the eight themed pocket books played an important role in how the war was perceived by those living through it and how it would be remembered by future generations. ëWhat did it look like? they will ask in 1981, and no amount of description or documentation will answer themí; so wrote Kenneth Clark in the unsigned text introducing the original series.

This new publication is the third in a series of Liss Llewellyn projects on war art.

To requests a copy of this catalogue please email anton@modernbritishartgallery.com.

Works Featured in this catalogue

SKU: 6187

Frederick Carter (1883 - 1967)

The Babe of Fire, circa 1915

£1,900.00

SKU: 6189

Frederick Carter (1883 - 1967)

The Four Winds of the Apocalypse, 1925

£240.00

SKU: 6190

Frederick Carter (1883 - 1967)

Silence in Heaven, 1925

£260.00

Sold
SKU: 6136
Official photograph taken on the Western Front: C.2224 The Battle of Flanders…
Sold
SKU: 5984
L’abreuvoir de L’Olympia pendant un entr’acte, circa 1918
Sold
SKU: 5987

English School ()

S.O.S. To All Nations – Disarm, League of Nations Union, circa 1920
SKU: 5971

Percy Horton (1897 - 1970)

‘On this occasion there was the usual confusion’ 1925

£740.00

Sold
SKU: 5904

William Hugh Duncan Arthur ()

Menin Road Ypres, 1917
Sold
SKU: 4755

Richard Carline (1896 - 1980)

A dug-out at Ovillers, 1918
Sold
SKU: 3589
Return from Ypres, circa 1916
SKU: 3282

Denys Wells (1881 - 1973)

Shell damaged buildings Northern France, c.1918

£2,750.00

SKU: 2640

Dorothy Mahoney [nee Bishop] (1902 - 1984)

Walled Garden Amongst Kentish Orchards, early 1950’s

£6,500.00

Sold
SKU: 2575

Frank Brangwyn (1867 - 1956)

Original design for the woodcut Damn the War, 1919