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Haworth, Jenny.

The art of war : New Zealand war artists in the field, 1939-1945 / by Jennifer Haworth. - Christchurch, N.Z. : Hazard Press, 2007. - 224 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm

On cover: Peter McIntyre, Austen Deans, Allan Barns-Graham, Russell Clark, John McIndoe.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and indexes.

Overview : passport to adventure -- Peter MacIntyre : New Zealand's first official war artist -- Austen Deans : caught by a tripwire -- Peter MacIntyre : Crete, baptism by fire -- Austen Deans : imprisoned -- Peter MacIntyre : the western desert -- John Leslie MacIndoe : keeping the barbed wire at bay -- Peter MacIntyre : the PR man -- Allan Burns-Graham : battling the monotony of the Pacific -- Russell Clark : a roving commission in the Pacific -- Peter MacIntyre : up the Strada.

Explores the work and the experiences of New Zealand's commissioned war artists of the second world war.

ISBN: 9781877393242 187739324X

LCCN: 2007702378

Subjects--Meeting Names:
World War (1939-1945)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war.
War artists--New Zealand.
War in art.
Art, New Zealand--20th century.
Art, New Zealand.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Art.

LC Class. No.: D810.A7 / H88 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 704.94