War painter
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| - | Like Sir [[John Lavery]], William Orpen was made an official [[war painter]] of the First World War and in 1917 he travelled to the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]. He produced drawings and paintings of privates, dead soldiers and German prisoners of war along with official portraits of generals and politicians. Most of these works, 138 in all, are in the collection of the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London. | + | Before the advent of photography, war correspondents were draughtsman who also painted the scenes they saw. This practice was continued after the advent of photography by British painters [[John Lavery]] and [[William Orpen]] who were official [[war painter]]s of the First World War. |
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| - | *[[Disasters of War]] | + | *[[Art horror]] |
| + | *[[Disasters of War]] by [[Goya]] | ||
| + | *''[[The Miseries and Disasters of War]]'' by [[Callot]] | ||
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Before the advent of photography, war correspondents were draughtsman who also painted the scenes they saw. This practice was continued after the advent of photography by British painters John Lavery and William Orpen who were official war painters of the First World War.
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