Edward ARDIZZONE (1900-1979)

WITH THE 300th: BILLETS AT MERRIS, 1940
Initialled E. A., ink, lower right
Watercolour and ink, 25.2 x 36.1 cm
100047

Ardizzone recorded the occasion of this work:-
'The battery absorbed all the billeting space in the village.  The officers had the sitting-room and kitchen of a cottage as their mess. The sergeants had a small estaminet while the troops slept on straw in the big barns.  The officers were found bedrooms to sleep in, and of course the best bedroom in the best house was the Major's.'

Exhibited
Edinburgh and tour, Scottish Arts Council,Edward Ardizzone, 1979, no. 13.

Literature
E. Ardizzone,Baggage to the Enemy (John Murray, 1941), p.13.

Provenance
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947.

WEST COUNTRY MANOEUVRES: A CONVOY HALTS NEAR A VILLAGE, c.1941
Initialled: E. A., ink, lower right
Gouache and ink, 16.5 x 22.3 cm
100045
Provenance
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947.

ON A FORTIFIED ISLAND: NEW GUN EMPLACEMENTS, c.1942-45
Watercolour and ink, 26.6 x 36 cm
100046
Provenance
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947.

MILITARY GOVERNMENT AT THE RATHAUS, c.1945
Watercolour and ink, 36.2 x 33.7 cm
100051
Provenance
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947.