Concert in a hospital ward England
Art ART13348 First World War, 1914-1918A concert being given by a painist, a harp player and a cello player in a hospital ward in England during the First World War. Nurses and patients are gathered around.
Study for 'Concert in a hospital ward, England' Accession Number: ART13340
Description
Depicts a concert being given by a pianist, a harp player and a cello player in a hospital ward in England. Nurses and patients are gathered around. Frank Rossiter Crozier (1883–1948) was an official war artist who served with the war records section. He studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School in 1907 and was a member of the Charterisville artists' colony in Heidelberg. Crozier was a soldier with the Australian Imperial Force after enlisting in March 1915, where he served in the 22nd Battalion in Egypt and on the Gallipoli peninsula. Whilst at Gallipoli, he was approached (with other soldiers Ted Colles, Otho Hewitt, Cyril Leyshon and David Barker) by C.E.W. Bean to help illustrate the 'Anzac Book'. His artistic talent was noted by Bean, who recommended Crozier be appointed an official war artist. Crozier served in France in 1917, notably in the area around Pozieres but it was only in 1918 that he was made an official war artist. Where other war artists were civilians who were attached to the army and given honorary rank, Frank Crozier was already a serving soldier, and so his contributions were part of his military duties.
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Accession Number
ART13340
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Measurement
unframed: 23.4 cm x 34.7 cm
Medium
oil on plywood
Date Made
1936
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under the official war art scheme 1938
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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