Objective realists? British war artists as witnesses to the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
TitleObjective realists? British war artists as witnesses to the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Author
Call number940.5318/0315
Object number07044D
Place of publicationColchester, Essex, England
PublisherUniversity of Essex
Year of publication
2009
Physical descriptionpp53-67
MaterialArticle
Series titleThe Holocaust in History & Memory Vol. 2- Occasional Paper
ISBN1904059796
NotesArticle from the paper 'The Holocaust in history and memory' Vol.2 pp53-67
Description
The liberation of Bergen-Belsen was witnessed by a number of British artists: Leslie Cole, Doris Zinkeisen, Eric Taylor, Edgar Ainsworth, resulting in a body of art works now held by the Imperial War Museum. This article gives short biographical details of these artists as well as some examples of their work