War Artists' Advisory Committee

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/War_Artists'_Advisory_Committee

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:parliamentary_committee
gptkbp:activity	collected artworks for the national record commissioned artists to record the war effort
gptkbp:chairman	gptkb:Kenneth_Clark
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved	1945
gptkbp:formed	1939
gptkbp:hasCollection	gptkb:Tate_Gallery Imperial War Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	War Artists' Advisory Committee
gptkbp:legacy	major collection of British war art
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Henry_Lamb gptkb:Norman_Wilkinson gptkb:John_Nash gptkb:John_Piper gptkb:Doris_Zinkeisen gptkb:Barnett_Freedman gptkb:Henry_Moore gptkb:Eric_Ravilious gptkb:Feliks_Topolski gptkb:Leslie_Cole gptkb:Graham_Sutherland gptkb:Laura_Knight gptkb:Stanley_Spencer gptkb:William_Coldstream gptkb:Edward_Bawden gptkb:C.R.W._Nevinson gptkb:Carel_Weight gptkb:Edward_Ardizzone gptkb:Evelyn_Dunbar gptkb:Leonard_Rosoman gptkb:Paul_Nash gptkb:Muirhead_Bone gptkb:Anthony_Gross gptkb:Charles_Cundall gptkb:Mary_Kessell gptkb:Olive_Edis gptkb:Richard_Eurich gptkb:Rodrigo_Moynihan gptkb:Thomas_Hennell
gptkbp:notableExhibit	gptkb:National_Gallery,_London,_1940s
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Philip_James gptkb:F.J._Mears gptkb:Sir_Kenneth_Clark gptkb:Muirhead_Bone gptkb:Sir_Walter_Monckton gptkb:E.C._Gregory gptkb:Eric_Newton gptkb:Evan_Charteris gptkb:James_Laver gptkb:R.H._Wilenski
gptkbp:numberOfWorksCommissioned	over 6,000
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Ministry_of_Information
gptkbp:purpose	commissioning and collecting art documenting World War II
gptkbp:scope	British and Allied war effort
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Evelyn_Gibbs gptkb:Leslie_Cole gptkb:Evelyn_Dunbar
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6