The Colonnade, Versailles

Details

Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959)
The Colonnade, Versailles
signed and dated 'A.J. Munnings/1918.' (lower right)
oil on panel
12 ½ x 11 in. (31.8 x 28 cm.)

Provenance

Presented to Private John Tickner by the artist in 1918.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 9 November 1989, lot 151.

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Lot Essay

Having lost his sight in one eye in an accident Munnings was unable to join the army at the outbreak of World War I. In 1917 he was assigned official war artist to the Canadian Cavalry Brigade in France, under the command of Major-General, the Rt Hon. J.E.B. Seely (later Lord Mottistone). He was such a success that in April 1918 he joined the Canadian Forestry Corps in Normandy to document the efforts of the British and French troops.

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