Nevinson studied at the Slade School of Art alongside Stanley Spencer, and later in Paris where he became friendly with the Italian Futurists. He served in France with the Red Cross and the Royal Army Medical Corps between 1914 and 1916, before being invalided out. His paintings are considered amongst the most powerful and evocative portraits of the harsh realities of war. The artist Walter Sickert wrote that Nevinson’s images of the First World War will probably remain the most authoritative and concentrated utterance on the war in the history of painting:

Futurism was an Italian art movement of the early twentieth century that aimed to capture in art the dynamism and energy of the modern world, It was launched by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909, when on 20th February he published his Manifesto of Futurism on the front page of the Paris newspaper Le Figaro.

Provenance: Gift from the artist, 1943

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Christopher R.W. Nevinson (1889-1946)
Date: 1932-1935

Image Details
Date: 15 April 2023
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/32s
ISO: 400
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.