The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of Japanese prisoner of war, made after the Japanese surrender. The Japanese gradually emerged from different parts of the Bougainville jungle and surrendered to the Australian forces. The were put to work as labourers. Despite being forbidden from fraternising with the Japanese, Warren was able to take some prisoners aside and draw them. Without speaking the other's language, somehow the artist was able to convey to his sitters that he wanted them to sign their name on the portraits that he made of them. Warren had the names translated after the war. He says, "Given the reverse situation, I suspect that most Australian soldiers would have written Ned Kelly, or something obscene. I often wonder where these Japanese soldiers are now and if they are still alive." (Source: Norbert Lynton and John McDonald, 'Searching for Gaia: the art of Guy Warren', Macmillan Art Publishing, Victoria, 2003, p.139)
Portrait of Japanese soldier, Isamu Sato, made after the Japanese surrender. The Japanese gradually emerged from different parts of the Bougainville jungle and surrendered to the Australian forces. Th
Portrait of Japanese prisoner of war, Aizawa Torayoshi, made after the Japanese surrender. The Japanese gradually emerged from different parts of the Bougainville jungle and surrendered to the Austral
Portrait of Japanese prisoner of war made after the Japanese surrender; Mimura Yasuo was from Tottori-ken of the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The Japanese gradually emerged from different parts of
Full figure portrait of Japanese sergeant major, Mimura Yasuo, aged 28; from Tottori-ken of the Chugoku region on Honshu island. After the Japanese surrender, Japanese soldiers gradually emerged from
Four dispatchers about to drop supplies by air over a jungle clearing in Bougainville. Three crew members steady the container, called "storepedoes", in front of the open side door of the plane while
Pencil study for watercolour drawing "Dropping supplies by air, Bougainville", featuring four servicemen preparing for an air-drop in front of the open side door of the plane. The supply containers, c
