Building Aircraft: In the Air
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 - 1946)
Lithograph
published 1919-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Whitehall
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About the artist
Born in London, Christopher R. W. Nevinson studied at St John's Wood and Slade Schools of Art. In 1912 he studied in Paris for a year. In 1914 he co-founded the London Group and issued a Futurist manifesto, ‘Vital English Art’ with Filippo Marinetti. In the First World War Nevinson served abroad with the Royal Army Medical Corps. In 1915 he participated in exhibitions of war art and Vorticism in London. His solo show at the Leicester Galleries (1916) received great acclaim. Nevinson became an Official War Artist in 1917. In the late 1930s, he was created Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur and an Associate of the Royal Academy. Suffering deep depression after the Second World War, he died in London in 1946.
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- biplane, aeroplane, topography, WW1 art, landscape C20th, tree, cloud, river, propaganda, World War I, field, road, furrow, bridge (rural), farm
- Materials & Techniques
- lithograph
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Details
- Title
- Building Aircraft: In the Air
- Series Title
- The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals
- Edition
- from an edition of 200
- Date
- published 1919
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- height: 47.70 cm, width: 37.80 cm
- Acquisition
- origin uncertain
- Provenance
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
- GAC number
- 18505