The Art of War: New Zealand War Artists in the Field, 1939-1945 0 Reviewshttp://books.google.com/books/about/The_Art_of_War.html?id=nWrWNAAACAAJ Wily Publications, 2008 - Art - 224 pages In the first book of its kind, author Jenny Haworth shows World War II through the eyes of five of New Zealand's commissioned war artists - Peter McIntyre, Austen Deans, Russell Clark, Allan Barns-Graham and John McIndoe. Stationed to the areas where New Zealand soldiers were fighting in the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific and Europe, these five men saw it as their duty to depict the war in line with the government's attempt to reassure those at home. Beautifully illustrated throughout with large full-colour reproductions of each artist's work, as well as numerous drawings and photos. |
