Void of War
Print
1918 (made)
1918 (made)
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Paul Nash, who was originally trained as a painter, was an official war artist in both world wars. His landscapes, like this scene of First World War devastation, were frequently imbued with powerful symbolism and subvert the aesthetics of traditional landscape painting. The print is a lithograph, but the style echoes that of a woodcut. Both techniques were associated with popular communication. The print was a design for a poster advertising an exhibition of war pictures at the Leicester Galleries, London in 1918.
Object details
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Title | Void of War (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
Brief description | 'Void of War', design for a poster, lithograph, Paul Nash, 1918 |
Physical description | Design for a poster for an exhibition of war pictures at the Leicester Galleries. A stylised image of beheaded trees in a battle-scarred landscape in the rain. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs Margaret Nash, widow of the artist |
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Summary | Paul Nash, who was originally trained as a painter, was an official war artist in both world wars. His landscapes, like this scene of First World War devastation, were frequently imbued with powerful symbolism and subvert the aesthetics of traditional landscape painting. The print is a lithograph, but the style echoes that of a woodcut. Both techniques were associated with popular communication. The print was a design for a poster advertising an exhibition of war pictures at the Leicester Galleries, London in 1918. |
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Accession number | E.4796-1960 |
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Record created | March 12, 2003 |
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