Description
Depicts exhausted Australian soldiers asleep in the carriage of a railway train at Albury, New South Wales during the Second World War. In 1942, Donald Friend enlisting with the AIF, was posted as a gunner to the artillery unit near Albury. In 1945, Friend was selected for appointment as official war artist. He travelled to Morotai, Labuan and Balikpapan, recording sights which confronted him and drawing in particular on the expressive potential of human form. Friend was extraordinarily prolific, producing 53 paintings and 143 drawings for the Memorial.
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Accession Number
ART23216
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and brush and coloured inks on paper
Measurement
Overall: 39.8 cm x 43.2 cm
Medium
pen and brush and coloured inks on paper
Credit Line
Acquired under the official war art scheme 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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