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Exhibition: In Air and Fire: War Artists, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz

Location

RAF Museum,

Grahame Park Way, London,
NW9 5LL

Dates

This exhibition CLOSED on Sun, 27th Feb 2022

This exhibition has finished.

Cost: Free of Charge

Description

A collection of work exploring artists’ responses to the Battle of Britain and the Blitz as they represented evolving machinery, communications, and urban landscapes, shaped by what was an unprecedented ‘war in the air’.

As sky battles unfolded across the South and East of England in the summer of 1940, followed by cities’ bombardment in proceeding months, artists produced a pictorial record of the war, many of their works commissioned and purchased by Sir Kenneth Clark’s War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC).

The exhibition features works by Official War Artists, including Paul Nash, Graham Sutherland, Carel Weight, Anthony Gross, Richard Eurich and Eric Kennington. Yet it extends beyond the prominent male members of the British School, championed by Clark, to reflect the full range of war artists’ contributions. It seeks to bring together the stories and perspectives of artists from diverse backgrounds, highlighting the best of collection works from the period.

Visitors can view over sixty works of art, several of which will be on display for the first time as part of this exhibition.


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Location

RAF Museum,

Grahame Park Way, London,
NW9 5LL

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