John Singer Sargent’s Gassed

John Singer Sargent’s GassedDescription By Rebecca Newell Hardcover In November 2023 the new Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries will open at IWM London. These new Galleries will be the UKs first to explore how artists, photographers and filmmakers bear witness to and tell the story of war and conflict. Taking centre stage will be John Singer Sargents iconic six metre long painting Gassed, 1919, which moved contemporary audiences to tears as it brought home the reality

The events of 1914–1918 and the sacrifices made by our forebears a century ago should always be remembered

that he is the key for the success of their plan

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In this rich portrait of Armistice Day

nearly one million lost their lives and over two million were wounded

Breaking with accounts which focus on the actions of a single state or the final countdown to hostilities

Army Veterinary Corps recruitment poster by artist Horst Schrek

and necked in roadsters

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But the hand-wringing was unnecessary

Drawing on private and previously classified documents