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Special Event

Saturday 12. April | 15:30 | GFT

Written and presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon, Artists of War is a forthcoming documentary series for 麻豆社 FOUR.

In the years preceding World War One, David Bomberg, Walter Sickert and Paul Nash set out to paint a new world, but, as the century unfolded, found themselves working in the rubble.

David Bomberg is now recognised as the most startlingly original British painter of his generation, but died in obscurity more than half a century ago. An immigrant Jew from London鈥檚 East End, his early modernist works pushed art to its limits. After fighting at the Somme, Bomberg spent the rest of his life searching for order in an increasingly disordered world.

Walter Sickert, Bomberg's teacher and the godfather of modern British art, had a very different vision of the conflict. Too old to fight in Flanders, Sickert told the story of the impact felt at home. Almost alone in his generation, he understood that the theatre of war was not confined to the trenches.

In this special event, we will be joined by Andrew Graham-Dixon and director Phil Cairney who will discuss these artists and the making of the documentaries, showing exclusive footage from the series.

Director: Phil Cairney

UK 2014, 1 hr 20 mins, N/C 15

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