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1st World War Triptych, painting no 2 The Dead Soldiers

Painting: 
Medium: 
Italian Linen on wooden panel, earth pigments from France, rabbit skin glue, pastel and collaged photographs of leather & chainmail WW1 tank masks and identity tag.
Completed by: 
14.08.18
Dimensions: 
800 mm x 520 mm

 

Commisioned to make 3 paintings for Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museums Trust commemorative exhintion WW1 an intimate artistic community response. 13th October to 16th December 2018. I made this triptych in memory of my Grandpa Lance Corporal John James Taylor who was a trained soldier before war broke out. At age 18 he  fought in the trenches in France and was eventually wounded in the battle of the Somme after 2 years and 3 months of fighting in WW1. He was taken to hospital in London where he recovered from the wound in his leg but never recovered from severe shell shock. Born 1896 died 1944