Art during wartime

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War gives rise to a variety of forms of art: the works of the officially commissioned war artists, poster art used as propaganda both for and against the war effort, the drawings and paintings of those involved in action, as well as reflections on war by civilian artists.

Artwork

South Australia 1841 : military sketches and cartoons

Drawings of staff at Loveday Internment Camp and Repatriation Hospital

Girl on horseback rounding up cattle : watercolour

Souvenir Declaration of War, August 1914

My daddy bought me a War Loan Bond. Did yours? : World War 1 poster

Sketch of the interior of a cell at the Ruhleben Concentration Camp, Germany

Sketch of a cell door at the Ruhleben Concentration Camp, Germany

Oppression, freedom : World War 1 recruiting poster

Remember ANZAC! : World War 1 recruiting poster

Britain's strong arm and yours will carry us through. Enlist now : World War 1 recruiting poster

Coo-ee! : World War 1 recruiting poster

Publication

Nora Heysen

Ivor Hele : the heroic figure [extracts]

Campaign for Peace in Vietnam sticker

The Adelaide Chronicle Christmas 1917

Battalion & corps colors of South Australian soldiers

The art of H. Septimus Power

Australia Day ribbon July 27th 1917

Flags unfurled for glorious freedom

...Only the brave deserve the fair: postcard

Mate ! Be a sport...

Theme

South Australians in the Pacific

Opposition to the Vietnam War

Colonial defence

Internment and prisoners of war in Australia during World War Two

Prisoners of war overseas during World War Two

Manuscript

Sweet remembrance postcard

Certificate issued to C. R. Cudmore, 1919

Postcard from Alfred Duncan to his mother

Object

Anzac Day badge 1915, and 2 gum leaves

Relates to

Knowledge pageBeyond the stage: creative responses to World War OneThemeColonial defenceSouth Australians in the PacificInternment and prisoners of war in Australia during World War TwoPrisoners of war overseas during World War OneOpposition to the Vietnam WarConscription during the Vietnam WarEventWorld War OneWorld War TwoThe Korean War

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Art during wartime