Rather than presenting a chronology of events, this exhibition focuses on how artists — many of whom witnessed combat firsthand as official War Artists — represent the moods and transformative experiences particular to this global conflict. (vmfa.museum)
The British artists of the First World War are well known, and the Second World War had its roll call of official war artists, but as far as the UK is concerned the Spanish Civil War was «the poets» war», to borrow Stephen Spender's term. (apollo-magazine.com)
He won the Turner Prize in 1999, was named Official War Artist to Iraq in 2003 and represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2009. (artlyst.com)