National Army Museum to Display a Collection of Munnings Paintings

[Wandering Eyes]

From Nov. 30-Mar. 3, the National Army Museum will display some of the paintings by Sir Alfred Munnings in an exhibit titled Alfred Munnings: War Artist, 1918. Originally developed by the Canadian War Museum in partnership with The Munnings Art Museum and sponsored by The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation, the exhibition will display over 40 paintings created during the final years of the First World War. Among the themes on display are equine subjects, portraiture and pastoral landscapes. The Munnings exhibit, which is locally supported by Juddmonte, is supplemented with works from the National Army Museum’s own collection relating to General Jack Seely, who commanded the Canadian Cavalry Brigade throughout much of the war. Munnings was commissioned by the Canadian War Memorials Fund, created by Lord Beaverbrook, as an official war artist to capture the fighting front and the crucial logistical work behind the lines. The exhibition will be accompanied by the book Alfred Munnings: Memory, The War Horse and the Canadians in 1918, edited by Dr. Jonathan Black and a public programme at the National Army Museum.

“It is a pleasure to share works by Alfred Munnings with an international audience,” said Mark O’Neill, President and CEO of the Canadian War Museum and Canadian Museum of History. “His paintings of First World War scenes–from the men and horses who served in wartime, to forests and battlefields–are an evocative reflection not only of Canada’s military history, but the development of one of England’s best-known artists.”

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