Gassed

E58535

oil painting painting

Gassed is a large 1919 oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting British soldiers temporarily blinded by mustard gas during World War I.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting → painting →
artisticTheme	horror of modern warfare → human cost of war → suffering of soldiers →
artworkSurface	canvas →
collection	Imperial War Museum art collection →
colorPalette	muted tones →
commissionedBy	British War Memorials Committee →
commissionedFor	Hall of Remembrance (unrealized) →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
creator	John Singer Sargent →
depicts	British soldiers → World War I → mustard gas victims → temporary blindness →
depictsEvent	mustard gas attack →
depictsMedicalCondition	chemical eye injury →
depictsTime	1918 →
depictsWeapon	mustard gas →
describedAs	large panoramic composition →
exhibitionHistory	Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1919 →
genre	war art →
hasInfluenceOn	later representations of chemical warfare in art →
hasPart	background of a battlefield dressing station → bandaged eyes → football game in the distance → guiding hand-on-shoulder procession → line of wounded soldiers → setting sun →
inception	1919 →
inspiredBy	Sargent’s visit to the Western Front in 1918 →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
location	Imperial War Museum, London →
mainSubject	World War I Western Front → effects of chemical warfare →
materialUsed	oil paint →
movement	Realism →
notableWorkOf	John Singer Sargent →
notedFor	emotional impact → large scale → realistic detail →
publicationDate	1919 →
setting	casualty clearing station →
significantEvent	exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dulce et Decorum Est ("Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!") →	famousLine
John Singer Sargent →	notableWork