#IWMCollection

“Action at Night” by John Cosmo Clark, ca. 1917-18, #IWMCollection.

The artist served in the #GreatWar as a #subaltern on the Western Front. Paintings such as this give us a rare glimpse into night operations, during which it was almost impossible to
photograph the front lines. #fww #fwwhist #WWI

“Ypres Salient at Night” by Paul Nash, 1918, #IWMCollection.

In night combat, the landscape is often lit by the weird, eerie light of star shells and flares. The artist captured this atmosphere perfectly in the painting.

#BEF #FWW #FWWHIST #WesternFront #WWI #WW1 #trenches

Paul Nash was a noted surrealist who served on the Western Front in World War I. Through his combat art, Mr. Nash evoked a vision of the pain, sacrifice, and suffering of war.

‘The Field of Passchendaele’ by Paul Nash, #IWMCollection. Nothing is so forlorn as a battlefield. This painting to me is a powerful statement of that truth.

#WWI #fww #fwwhist #combatart #war #warary

“The Straw Ride: Russley Park Remount Depot, Wiltshire” by Lucy Kemp-Welch, 1918, #IWMCollection

I love horses and am fascinated by the relationships between soldiers and their loyal mounts. Here, civilian horsewomen exercise newly-acquired horses in an arena. #fwwhist #ww1 #milart #horse

“Tanks” by William Orpen, 1917, #IWMCollection. I remember the first time I ever saw an #MLRS rocket in flight at Grafenwöhr in the 80s. That sense of awe must’ve been similar to the feeling of #GreatWar soldiers when they saw the first #tanks on the Western Front in the #FWW #tanktuesday #FWWHist

whole: the title is placed across the top in black, with the image central and the subtitle below in white. image: a single-funneled warship, coloured grey and black against a bright yellow background, moves towards the viewer, its guns firing broadside. text: OUR 250,000 MONITOR YOU CAN HELP. BUY WAR BONDS BUSINESS MEN'S WEEK Printed by HILL, SIFFKEN AND CO. Ltd. [L.P.A. Ltd.], Grafton Works, Holloway, N.7

'OUR £250,000 MONITOR / YOU CAN HELP. BUY WAR BONDS'

A National War Savings Committee poster from the First World War, in the #IWMcollection #NavalHistory

IWM PST 10191 #250followers