A street in Neuve Eglise Accession Number: ART00159

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Depicts a street scene with ruined and war damaged buildings at Neuve Eglise, on the Western Front in Belgium during the First World War. Charles Bryant (1883-1937) began art lessons at the age of 9 and on leaving school worked as a clerk in the Bank of NSW. In 1908 he travelled to London and studied marine painting at St. Ives in Cornwall. In December 1917 Bryant was appointed an official war artist attached to the Second Division AIF, working in France. His work included paintings of the embarkation and disembarkation of troops at ports in France. His commission was terminated in December 1918 and he returned to Australia in 1921 where he undertook further work for the Australian War Records Service. In 1923 he was commissioned by the War Memorial to paint a series of works in connection with the occupation of German New Guinea by Australia troops. He worked in Rabaul from September - November 1923 and continued to work on this commission intermittently until 1926.

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Accession Number
ART00159
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour on paper mounted on board
Measurement
sheet: 28.4 x 39.8 cm (irreg.)
Medium
watercolour on paper mounted on board
Date Made
December 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under the official war art scheme 1920
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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