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A Tank in Action

© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Brangwyn had Welsh parents and his work was much appreciated in Wales. This painting is one of several war scenes from the rejected first scheme for the Royal Gallery in Westminster Palace. These decorations were commissioned by Lord Iveagh as a memorial to peers and their relatives killed in the First World War. In 1927–1933 the artist painted a second scheme illustrating the British Empire which was also rejected and subsequently installed in the Brangwyn Hall, a Swansea Guildhall.
Title

A Tank in Action

Date

1926–1928

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 365.8 x W 375.9 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2531

Acquisition method

gift from the artist, 1931

Work type

Painting

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