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Cairo Citadel Mohammed Ali Mosque
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
arcade
architecture
Cairo, the Citadel, Mohammed Ali Mosque
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
courtyard
dome
Egypt
features
fortification
history
military
military: World War II
mosque
North African Campaigns, 1940-3
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religious
tower
townscapes / man-made features
<p>Bawden trained as a printmaker, graphic designer and illustrator at the Royal College of Art. These watercolours were made during the Second World War, when Bawden served as an Official War Artist. He spent two years in the Middle East, when he wrote: ‘Work proceeds nicely under the double disadvantages of lack of dense shade and an oven heat, not the mention the infliction of flies... ‘</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
19 May 2014 – 10 August 2014
2014-08-10
19 May 2014 – 10 August 2014
2014-08-10
2014-05-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-05-19
Kenneth Clark
Exhibition
Cairo, the Citadel: Mohammed Ali Mosque
support: 470 × 597 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
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<span class="text18">Bawden trained as 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/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>printmaker</span></a>, graphic</span><span class="text17"> </span><span class="text19">designer and illustrator at the      Royal College</span><span class="text17"> of Art</span><span class="text7">.      These <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/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a></span><span class="text17"> were made </span><span class="text18">during the Second World War, when</span><span class="text17"> Bawden      served as an Official <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>.  He spent two years in the Middle East,  
when he wrote: ‘Work proceeds nicely  under the double disadvantages      of lack  of dense shade and an oven heat, not  the mention the infliction      of flies... ‘ </span>
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<p><b>N05677</b> CAIRO, THE CITADEL: MOHAMMED ALI MOSQUE <i>c.</i>
1941
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Edward Bawden’ b.r.
<br/>Pen and watercolour, 18 3/4×23 1/2 (47×60).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, South Africa, 1943, National Gallery, 1945, and R.A., October–November 1945 (382).</p>
<p>Painted from the Officers' Mess, Cairo.</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</p>
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-22T00:00:00
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arcade architecture Cairo, the Citadel, Mohammed Ali Mosque cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents courtyard dome Egypt features fortification history military military: World War II mosque North African Campaigns, 1940-3 places religious tower townscapes / man-made features