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Liberation and Battle France Church St Jean among Ruins Caen Normandy
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
adults
architecture
bomb damage
Caen, Church of St Jean
church
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
destruction
emotions, concepts and ideas
France, Normandy
history
man
military: World War II
people
places
religious
ruins
signage
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
universal concepts
Western European Campaign, 1944-5
paper unique ink watercolour
Liberation and Battle of France: The Church of St Jean among the Ruins of Caen, Normandy
support: 394 × 571 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gross-liberation-and-battle-of-france-the-church-of-st-jean-among-the-ruins-of-caen-n05697" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05697</span></a>	LIBERATION AND BATTLE OF FRANCE: THE CHURCH OF ST JEAN AMONG THE RUINS OF CAEN, NORMANDY 1944
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Anthony Gross 1944’ b.l. and ‘Eglise St Jean - Caen’ b.c.
<br/>Watercolour, 15 1/2×22 1/2 (39×57).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, National Gallery, 1945, and R.A., October–November 1945 (746).</p>
<p>In 1944 the artist was attached to the 50th Northumbrian Division and landed in Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944). This and the following three <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> were done during the campaign. On the right is a fire position built of stone and rubble facing towards the canal and Faubourg of Vauxelles. After the fall of Caen heavy fighting went on for more than a week in the ruins of the city.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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adults architecture bomb damage Caen, Church of St Jean church cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents destruction emotions, concepts and ideas France, Normandy history man military: World War II people places religious ruins signage townscape townscapes / man-made features universal concepts Western European Campaign, 1944-5