Featuring objects drawn from the Center’s Prints and Drawings and Rare Books and Manuscripts collections, An Indelible Mark incorporates images made both at home and on the war front, showcasing a wide range of visual media produced by official war artists and amateurs alike. Seen together, these objects reveal the diverse visual strategies artists and designers developed to record, commemorate, and critique the First World War.
One hundred years on, the issues raised by these works continue to resonate. Far from ending all wars, the legacy of the “Great War” remains current at a time of continuing modern conflict.
Credits
An Indelible Mark: British Art of the First World War has been curated by Judith M. Stapleton, PhD Candidate in the History of Art Department, Yale University.