Artist as Witness explores the importance of the artist as eyewitness, providing insights not only into warfare, but also the impact of war on those involved and the communities affected.
The book will cover the First and Second World Wars, the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp, the Nuremberg Trials, and the war in Ukraine. Evocative works by both well-known artists (such as Paul Nash, C.R. Nevinson, Laura Knight, Evelyn Dunbar and Graham Sutherland) and lesser-known (Kaff Gerrard and Hilda Jillard) will encompass themes of ‘The Battlefield’ and ‘The Home Front’. ...