Photo #14

Ablain-St. Nazaire

Painted in 1918 by William Beatty (1868–1941)

The first official Canadian war artists, appointed by the Canadian War Memorials Fund, were William Beatty, Maurice Cullen, Fred Varley and Charles Simpson. Beatty was one of a number of artists who painted the ruins of this church near Vimy Ridge, perhaps finding in its survival a symbol of hope.

 

 

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