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Original artwork description:
“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?” ― Wilfred Owen.
In August 2014 the world will mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. The words like those of poet and soldier, Wilfred Owen, provide a lasting voice of the horrors experienced. Here in memoriam is a portrait of Owen painted upon the words of one of him famous poems, Anthem for Doomed Youth.
Materials used:
Acrylic Paint & Hammer Embossed Fine Art Paper
Tags:
#the great war #memoriam #war poetry #portrait #acrylic #black #vintage #small #paper #france #book #war #words #british #horror #text #poetry #memory #classic #poetic #poem #soldier #britain #poet #literary influences #literature #author #trenches #wilfred owen #world war 1 #shellshockOwen - Anthem for Doomed Youth (Framed) (2014)
Acrylic painting
by Peter Walters
496 Artist Reviews
£65 Sold
- Acrylic painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 20.96 x 20.96 x 2.54cm (framed) / 12.7 x 12.7cm (actual image size)
- Framed and ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Unspecified
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?” ― Wilfred Owen.
In August 2014 the world will mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. The words like those of poet and soldier, Wilfred Owen, provide a lasting voice of the horrors experienced. Here in memoriam is a portrait of Owen painted upon the words of one of him famous poems, Anthem for Doomed Youth.
Materials used:
Acrylic Paint & Hammer Embossed Fine Art Paper
Tags:
#the great war #memoriam #war poetry #portrait #acrylic #black #vintage #small #paper #france #book #war #words #british #horror #text #poetry #memory #classic #poetic #poem #soldier #britain #poet #literary influences #literature #author #trenches #wilfred owen #world war 1 #shellshock
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Peter Walters
United Kingdom
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