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Book SynopsisArt at the Service of War is the story of how artists as diverse as modernist Paul Nash, the revolutionary Vorticist Wyndham Lewis, and young Canadians such as A.Y. Jackson came to paint Canada's war.
Trade Review'The works explored in this centenary book are "not just memorials" but also art works of extraordinary power".' -- Sarah Glassford BC Studies April 2016 'Art at the Service of War is a carefully researched and clearly written account of the Canadian War Memorial Fund ... This is a handsome and valuable book.' -- Robert Craig Brown Canadian Historical Review 'Lord Beaverbrook's imaginative scheme to send artists to the front in the First World War is alluded to from time to time in general histories. But the full story, with all its cultural and political implications, is told in fascinating detail in Art at the Service of War.' -- William French The Globe and Mail
Table of ContentsIntroduction to the second edition Illustrations Preface 1 Artists and the war 2 Canada's impresario of art 3 'Up in arms' 4 'Work which cries to be done' 5 'Not only history, but art' 6 Lest we forget Epilogue Notes Index
