Description
Red poppies burst into flower at the entrance to a disused bunker in the Somme, France. The flowers symbolise rebirth after the long conflict of the First World War. In 1918, only a few weeks after the end of the War, Chapman travelled to the battlefields of France with her father, who was attached to the New Zealand War Graves Commission. She was one of the first Australian women artists to have the opportunity to depict the devastation of the battlefields of the Western Front.
Details
Accession Number
ART19590
Physical Description
Medium: tempera on felt paper
Measurement
Framed: 46.5 cm x 54.9 cm x 3.5 cm
Unframed: 30.3 cm x 38.8 cm
Medium
tempera and oil on felt paper on cardboard
Credit Line
purchased 1977
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work
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