British War Memorials Committee
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British War Memorials Committee canonical | 4 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arts patronage body
ⓘ
government committee ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| archivesAt |
Imperial War Museums
ⓘ
surface form:
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, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| mainSubject |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
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 (United Kingdom)
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Information
|
| partOf |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
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 (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.