The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This is a maquette study for the large scale memorial to the Merchant Navy, 'Survivors', by Dennis Adams. It was created at a scale of approximately four and half to the envisaged final memorial.
Adams was an official war artist during the Second World War, commissioned to represent the activities of the Australian and US navies and the Merchant Marines in the South Pacific. He also worked in Britain, Rabaul and Japan. This piece was commissioned in 1968 and depicts a sea rescue. The Carley float has been canterleavered into a limestone wall, suspended in space to appear as though the event is happening in the ocean. Sailors are hauling in their fellow seamen, while waves crash over them. 'Survivors' indicates Adams interest in voluminous form, depicting dynamic movement and drawing the viewer into the emotional state of the rescue effort.
This memorial commemorates the service and sacrifice of Australian merchant seamen who manned ships in all ports of the world during the First and Second World Wars. The support these men provided wa
This memorial commemorates the service and sacrifice of Australian merchant seamen who manned ships in all ports of the world during the First and Second World Wars. The support these men provided wa
This is a small modeling clay study (maquette) for the final large scale bronze for the Geelong Grammar School war memorial. The work was commissioned by the Old Geelong Grammarians Association to co
Sculpture of a seaman at the helm. This was a plaster model for a sculpture of red cedar. Ship bearing red ten was commissioned in 1967, at the suggestion of the sculptor, for the new extensions to th
Light Horseman mounted on rearing horse, while NZ Mounted Rifleman is dismounting as his horse scrambles to its feet, created to commemorate the Australians and New Zealanders of the Desert Mounted Co
A maquette for the memorial sculpture made to commemorate Australian civilians and servicemen who were killed in the invasion of Rabaul and later in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru.
Eli Jacobi was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He served in the Pacific including at Guadalcanal. On his discharge from the Army he produced a series of linocuts on the war. This image of