The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a mud laneway leading round Gueudecourt, after the German retreat of 1917, with a war damaged landscape with smashed trees. In the background are a Nissen hut and pieces of sheet metal. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World War, travelling to France in December 1916, remaining there until May 1917, making records of the Australian involvement in the war. He was formally appointed as an official war artist, attached to the AIF, in May 1917, working in France and London throughout the war. His commission was terminated in March 1920.
Depicts a war damaged landscape at Guedecourt, France, at sunrise with remnants of buildings and smashed trees. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the Fi
Depicts a road winding through a war damaged landscape in France, with smashed trees along the edge. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front during the First World W
Depicts a scene of a war damaged, empty landscape, with a smashed tree and an electricity power pole, evening, near Delville Wood, France. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to vi
Depicts a war damaged landscape with smashed trees and ruined buildings on the horizon, near Ypres. Dyson wrote that the scene was of 'Ypres from the road near Zillebeek'. Will Dyson was the first Aus
Depicts a badly war damaged landscape in the evening, with debris in the foreground and smashed trees in the background. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front duri
Depicts a lone soldier walking along a roadway, a gun avenue, through a war damaged landscape, after the German retreat. Will Dyson was the first Australian official war artist to visit the front duri