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CHAPTER 10 THE EDWARDIAN AGE AND WORLD WAR I Go to www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk. Click on the Encyclopedia
of the First World War. Click on War Artists and then click on Paul
Nash. 1 Read the text about the war painter Paul Nash and complete the
passage with a suitable word. Paul Nash was born in London in 1899. He was (1)
. at St Pauls School and the Slade School of
Art. He was influenced (2)
William Blake and there were
exhibitions of his work in 1912 and 1913. At the beginning of the First World War, Nash (3)
in the
Artists Rifles and he was sent to the Western (4)
. Nash took (5)
in the 1st Battle of Ypres and he was made a lieutenant. Whenever
he could Nash made (6)
of life in the (7)
In 1917, Nash was sent (8)
to
recover from an (9)
. While he was in London, Nash produced a (10)
of war paintings from his sketches. These paintings were popular when
they were (11)
later that year. Nash was (12)
into the governments War Propaganda
Bureau. In November 1917 he returned to the war, where he painted more
pictures. Nash was (13)
with his work at the War Propaganda Bureau.
He wrote: I am no longer an artist. I am a (14)
who will bring
back word from the men who are fighting to those who want the war to go on
for ever. Feeble, (15)
will be my message, but it (16)
have a bitter truth and may it burn their lousy souls. After the war Nash (17)
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with surrealism and (18)
art. He also taught at the Royal College of Art and he worked as a designer
and illustrator of books. During the Second World War Nash (19)
employed by the
Ministry of Information and the Air Ministry. He produced paintings like the
Battle of Britain and Totes Meer (20)
this period. Paul Nash
died in 1946. If there are any words you dont understand, ask your teacher to
explain them. 2 Click on the words in blue, which are underlined to find out more
about these aspects of British history, British art or the First World War. |
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