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LECTURE: PICKLED FOR POSTERITY: BRITISH ART IN THE 2WW – PEWSEY DFAS
9 October 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 11:59 pm
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PICKLED FOR POSTERITY: BRITISH ART IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR |
| by MONICA BOHM-DACHEN |
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| MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2017 |
| Lectures are held in the Bouverie Hall, Pewsey, SN9 5QE The hall is open from 7pm – lectures begin 7:30 pm for approximately one hour Coffee/tea and wine are served from 7pm |
| Picture: Roanld Searle Self-Portrait – while serving in the Thaland Jungle in 1943 |
| This lecture addresses the wartime activities of emigre artists from Nazi-occupied Europe who sought refuge in Britain in the late 1930’s and the work of British POW’s such as Ronald Searle, who produced some extraordinary images in captivity, and the British artists present at the liberation of the concentration camps. |
