Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/rodrigo-moynihan-1674" aria-label="More by Rodrigo Moynihan" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Rodrigo Moynihan</a>
Private Clarke ATS
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
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Clarke, Private
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individuals: female
military
military: World War II
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World War II - non-specific
<p>In the late 1930s Moynihan was associated with the Euston Road School, committed to realist painting. In 1940 he trained as an artillery man and was commissioned in camouflage before becoming a war artist in 1943. Many of his portraits of high-ranking officers and advisers are now in the Imperial War Museum. His portraits were often swiftly executed but sensitively observed. Influenced by artists such as Edouard Manet and Diego Velazquez, Moynihan used a rich sensuous brushstroke to convey a sense of this young service woman's physicality. During the war women were urged to look their best at all times to boost morale. Lipstick became known as the 'red badge of courage'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
Private Clarke, A.T.S.
support: 457 × 356 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p>In the late 1930s Moynihan was associated with the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/euston-road-school" title="Glossary definition for 'Euston Road School'"><span>Euston Road School</span></a>, committed to <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/realism" title="Glossary definition for 'Realism'"><span>realist</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>. In 1940 he trained as an artillery man and was commissioned in camouflage before becoming a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/war-artists" title="Glossary definition for 'War Artists'"><span>war artist</span></a> in 1943. Many of his <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> of high-ranking officers and advisers are now in the Imperial War Museum. His portraits were often swiftly executed but sensitively observed. Influenced by artists such as Edouard Manet and Diego Velazquez, Moynihan used a rich sensuous brushstroke to convey a sense of this young service woman's physicality. During the war women were urged to look their best at all times to boost morale. Lipstick became known as the 'red badge of courage'.</p>
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2004-08-31T00:00:00
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<p><b>N05714</b> PRIVATE CLARKE, A.T.S. 1943</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Moynihan’ t.r.
<br/>Canvas, 18×14 (45·5×35·5).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, Edinburgh, 1945.
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<br/>[no further details]
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-22T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults Clarke, Private history individuals: female military military: World War II named individuals people portraits soldier woman work and occupations World War II - non-specific