Bunker entrance
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Graves in a battlefield Accession Number: ART19587
Description
Makeshift war graves in a battlefield in France. The bright red poppies flowering along the roadside symbolise re-growth. In 1918, only a few weeks after the end of the First World 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
ART19587
Artist
Evelyn Chapman
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: tempera on felt paper
Measurement
framed: 57.8 x 72.6 cm x 3.5 cm
unframed: 41.8 cm x 56.3 cm
unframed: 41.8 cm x 56.3 cm
Medium
tempera and oil on felt paper
Date Made
1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
purchased 1977
Copyright
Copyright unknown - orphaned work
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