British War Memorials Committee

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arts patronage body government committee

The British War Memorials Committee was a World War I–era British government body that commissioned artists to create official artworks commemorating the war and its impact.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arts patronage body → government committee →
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom →
archivesAt	Imperial War Museum → The National Archives, Kew →
chairperson	Auckland Geddes →
commissionedWork	landscapes of Western Front battlefields → large-scale paintings of First World War battles → portraits of military leaders → portraits of war workers → scenes of air warfare → scenes of naval warfare →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	1919 →
employer	official war artists →
fieldOfWork	commemoration of war → visual arts → war art →
hasPurpose	commissioning official artworks commemorating the First World War → documenting the impact of the First World War through art →
heritage	core of the Imperial War Museum art collection →
inception	1918 →
intendedCollectionSite	Hall of Remembrance, London →
locatedIn	London →
mainSubject	First World War →
memberOf	British Ministry of Information structure →
notableArtistCommissioned	Anna Airy → Austin Osman Spare → C.R.W. Nevinson → Charles Sims → Eric Kennington → Frank Brangwyn → George Clausen → Henry Lamb → John Lavery → John Nash → John Singer Sargent → Paul Nash → Percy Wyndham Lewis → Stanley Spencer → William Orpen → William Roberts →
parentOrganization	Ministry of Information →
partOf	British government →
replaced	War Propaganda Bureau →
selectionCriteria	artists recommended by artistic advisers → artists with front-line experience →
significantEvent	planning of a national war art collection →
sponsoredProject	Hall of Remembrance scheme →
timePeriod	World War I →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gassed →	commissionedBy
John Singer Sargent →	employer