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Fire In A Paper Warehouse, 1940 (ink, wash)

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IWM7352075
Image title
Fire In A Paper Warehouse, 1940 (ink, wash)
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Artist
Gross, Anthony (1905-84) / English
Location
Imperial War Museum, London, UK
Medium
ink, wash
Date
1940 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
37.1x53.3 cms
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Creator: Gross, Anthony (1905-84) Firemen point hoses onto a collapsing warehouse building, bringing giant rolls of paper and rubble from the upper floors into the street, London, 1940. Bridges connect the buildings across the street. Anthony Gross was a prolific British official war artist producing over 500 artworks. During the Second World War, Gross was among the first artists to be commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee, and recorded the Blitz, D-Day, events in Burma, North Africa and the Middle East.

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© Imperial War Museums / Bridgeman Images
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20th century / England / United Kingdom / Europe / 1940s / architecture / art / bombardment / colour / drawing / destruction / Second World War (1939-1945) / war / water / ink / warehouse / London / night / painting / firefighter / population / ruin / street scene / street / cityscape / war effort / city / mzdrawing / mzpainting / the Blitz
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