IWM (Imperial War Museums) tells the story of people who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since 1914. Using our unique collections, made up of the everyday and exceptional, we tell vivid personal stories and create powerful physical experiences across our five museums that reflect the realities of war as both a destructive and creative human force. Our art collection comprises twentieth- and twenty-first-century British art and graphic design, including paintings, posters, prints and drawings, sculpture and photographic and video work. We are the recipient of the majority of artworks commissioned as part of the official government war art schemes of the First and Second World War. In addition, we have commissioned over 30 artists to record the activities of armed forces in peace and war, including the Falklands conflict, the Gulf war, peacekeeping in Bosnia, and current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Pears, Charles, 1873–1958
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Heroes of the XXth Century: Hitler and Mussolini 1995
Mayen, Eric, b.1953
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The Terrible Boredom of Waiting for Action 1940
Oppenheim, Duncan, 1904–2003
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@I_W_M, 02 March 2021
Onboard HMS Belfast during the Arctic Convoys, the weather was arguably a greater threat than the enemy. But for Ordnance Artificer, John Harrison, it ended up saving his life. Sign up to IWM's eNews now to read John's full story, revealed this Thursday: https://t.co/G8HlKI5ueP https://t.co/n2jtp8FeRA
Venues
IWM (Imperial War Museums) artworks can be found at these venues
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Churchill War Rooms
London
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HMS Belfast
London
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Imperial War Museum Duxford
Duxford
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Imperial War Museum London
London
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Imperial War Museum North
Manchester
Stories
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The rise and fall of Wyndham Lewis
Richard Slocombe
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How not to be seen: the war art of Joseph Gray
Mary Horlock
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Laura Knight's 'The Nuremberg Trial'
Philippe Sands
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Looking for solace: C. R. W. Nevinson and Futurism
Felicity MacKenzie
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Fighting for representation: suffragettes and art vandalism
Victoria Ibbett