sketch drawing, ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR GO ABOARD A TANK LANDING CRAFT
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-4592
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
1943-1945 Sicilian Campaign - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Ogilvie , C.M., M.B.E., Major William Abernethy
- Date Made 1943/07/11
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1943/07/11
- Latest 1943/07/11
- Medium ink
- Materials Not applicable
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Measurements Height 24.8 cm, Width 34.9 cm
- Caption Ogilvie, Will (1901-1989)
- Additional Information A founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters in 1933, Ogilvie headed the art school at the Art Association of Montreal from 1938 to 1941. An official war artist from 1942 to 1946, he was awarded the MBE for his depictions of the Canadian experience of the war in Europe. He subsequently resumed his Toronto teaching career.