Art From The First World War Av Richard Slocombe

<div>Throughout World War I, the British government employed a diverse group of artists to produce a rich visual record of wartime events. But the art from this important collection often far exceeds this objective, giving voice to both the artist and the soldiers who are depicted. <i>Art from the First World War </i>contains more than fifty images chosen from among the Imperial War Museum’s impressive collection of works by war artists.<br><br><i>Art from the First World War</i> features some of the most well-known British artists of the twentieth century, from the brothers John and Paul Nash to William Orpen, Stanley Spencer, and John Singer Sargent, whose <i>Gassed </i>shows a line of wounded soldiers blinded by a mustard gas attack. On the occasion of the centenary, the Imperial War Museum is bringing this book out in a new edition.</div>