Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (British, 1889–1946), A Dawn, 1914 (1916)
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Oil on canvas
22 1/4 x 18 3/4 in
From Sotheby's website:
Within a few weeks of the outbreak of war in 1914, Nevinson journeyed to the front and began a stint as an ambulance driver helping to tend hundreds of terribly wounded soldiers. The deeply disturbing sights he witnessed, evidence of what havoc modern weapons could inflict on the human body, stayed with him for the rest of his life.
This painting carries the viewer abruptly into the unforgiving light of an autumnal morning in Flanders, as overloaded soldiers march onwards to a life in the trenches with no supporters to cheer them on. The soldiers in question are the poilus—downtrodden French soldiers who, unlike their British counterparts at the beginning of the War, were conscripts rather than volunteers—and Nevinson’s portrayal of these suffering, stoic men possesses an unparalleled bite and resonance.
22 1/4 x 18 3/4 in
From Sotheby's website:
Within a few weeks of the outbreak of war in 1914, Nevinson journeyed to the front and began a stint as an ambulance driver helping to tend hundreds of terribly wounded soldiers. The deeply disturbing sights he witnessed, evidence of what havoc modern weapons could inflict on the human body, stayed with him for the rest of his life.
This painting carries the viewer abruptly into the unforgiving light of an autumnal morning in Flanders, as overloaded soldiers march onwards to a life in the trenches with no supporters to cheer them on. The soldiers in question are the poilus—downtrodden French soldiers who, unlike their British counterparts at the beginning of the War, were conscripts rather than volunteers—and Nevinson’s portrayal of these suffering, stoic men possesses an unparalleled bite and resonance.
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