Artists and the WW1 Front

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Rose Rushe
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Dr O'Sullivan's lecture is in a continuum with Hunt's exhibition, 'Fr Browne's War: Photographs from the Front'. Pictured, at Wytschaete, Belgium WW1, Irish Guards help a wounded man in trench
Dr O’Sullivan’s lecture is in a continuum with Hunt’s exhibition, ‘Fr Browne’s War: Photographs from the Front’. At Wytschaete, Belgium WW1, Irish Guards help a wounded man in trench

ANOTHER lunchtime lecture organised by Hunt Museum presents Dr Niamh O’Sullivan of UL on Wednesday 12 at 1pm under the banner, ‘One could not paint the smell: artists and the Front in the First World War’.

A specialist in the art and social history of late 19th, early 10th century Britain and Ireland, O’Sullivan will look at “how the front was portrayed in the First World War and in its immediate aftermath. In examining the narratives and variety of approaches used by war artists to convey life and death on the frontline, it also considers the authorities’ efforts to control artistic output for censorship and propaganda purposes”.

A free lecture. Enquiries to [email protected]

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