File:Frederick Varley - For What?.jpg
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[edit]Frederick Varley: For What? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For What? label QS:Len,"For What?" |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Frederick Varley's For What? portrays a cart filled with bodies collected from the battlefield. It starkly portrays the horror of war and questions its purpose. In a letter dating from mid-May 1919 to his wife, Maud, this eminent Canadian artist summed up his feelings about the war. "I'm mighty thankful I've left France - I never want to see it again. This last trip over has put the tin hat on it. To see the land half cultivated & people coming back to where their homes were is too much for my make up. You'll never know dear anything of what it means. I'm going to paint a picture of it, but heavens, it can't say a thousandth part of a story. We'd be healthier to forget, & that we never can. We are forever tainted with its abortiveness & its cruel drama - and for the life of me I don't know how that can help progression. It is foul and smelly - and heartbreaking. Sometimes I could weep my eyes out when I get despondent... To be normal, to be as those silly cows & sheep that do naught but graze & die, well, it's forgetfulness." |
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Date |
between 1917 and 1919 date QS:P,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 147.4 cm (58 in) ; width: 180.6 cm (71.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+147.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+180.6U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q1032442 |
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19710261-0770 (Canadian War Museum) |
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CANADIAN WAR MEMORIALS, OTTAWA; 904
F. H. VARLEY
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REG. NO. CASE NO.; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH, U.S.A.; Title FOR WHAT.....?; PAINTER F.H. VARLEY.; OWNER CANADIAN WAR MEMORIALS; ADDRESS STUDIO. BLDGS. 25 SEVERN. ST
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References | https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1015826 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1015826 |
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