Study for Alec Campbell Accession Number: ART29581

Description

Alec Campbell was only 16 when he enlisted in Launceston straight from school in June 1915. He arrived at Gallipoli in October 1915 with the 15th Battalion and was there through to the evacuation. After the evacuation he become very ill and was discharged in August 1916. On his return to Australia he became a car and wagon builder under the War Reconstruction Training Scheme and worked for the railways workshops for 10 years. Depicts a study for portrait of 2731Private Alec William Campbell, 15th Battalion, on pilgrimage for the 75th anniversary of the Landing at Gallipoli. This was painted with Alec wearing glasses in strong light. In his portrait of Alec, Westwood has shown the Gallipoli terrain reflected in the glasses. In this way, the painting suggest the power of the Peninsula on the veterans memory and the force of the Anzac experience on his vision of the world. Alec Campbell died at the age of 103 and was given a state funeral.

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Accession Number
ART29581
Artist
Bryan Westwood
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: acrylic on squared paper
Measurement
sheet: 49.6 x 34.4 cm
Medium
synthetic polymer paint on squared paper
Date Made
1990
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented 1991
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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