Category:National Collection of War Art at Archives New Zealand
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The National Collection of War Art began during World War One. War artists were selected to create a record of New Zealand’s involvement in the conflict. New Zealand’s first official war artists were given the role in 1918 and by 1922 the Dominion Museum register recorded an 86-piece Fine Arts War Collection.
The artworks were kept in storage, and some remained there until the 1980s. Attempts were made to exhibit the collection but never succeeded, and the artworks remained unseen.
The role of war artists was recognised early in World War Two with artists and art groups requesting positions. The collection grew during the post-war period, as the British government presented New Zealand with artworks by British war artists. The collection was further enhanced by the additions of works by “unofficial” war artists.
After 1945 the Second World War part of the collection was used to help create the official histories of that war. The Army Department also had each artwork photographed. These photographs and their negatives were later stored at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
The collection was recalled to the National Art Gallery in 1952 for a major exhibition. About one third of the collection was lent to the Auckland Institute and Museum, and one third remained in the control of the National Art Gallery. The remaining third was loaned out to a variety of institutions around New Zealand.
Archives New Zealand took over the care of the collection in 1981, and a nationwide recall of the artworks was undertaken. More works, some of which had not been exhibited in 1952 were still being discovered up to 1987.
Media in category "National Collection of War Art at Archives New Zealand"
The following 67 files are in this category, out of 67 total.
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'In the towns - a bus conductress', Archibald Standish-Hartrick, 1917 (17989872619).jpg 1,280 × 1,604; 3.21 MB
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'Looking north over Shrapnel Gully', Gallipoli 1915 (18103601401).jpg 1,280 × 276; 576 KB
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'No. 1, 2, 3 outposts', Gallipoli 1915 (18076099136).jpg 1,280 × 307; 632 KB
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'On munitions - skilled work', Archibald Standish-Hartrick, 1917 (18172518392).jpg 1,280 × 1,630; 2.89 MB
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'On munitions', Archibald Standish-Hartrick, c.1914-c.1918 (17988497238).jpg 1,280 × 1,722; 3.25 MB
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'On the land - ploughing', Archibald Standish-Hartrick, 1917 (18172517112).jpg 1,280 × 1,575; 3.03 MB
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'The Australian positions, extreme right', Gallipoli 1915 (17916372549).jpg 1,280 × 447; 860 KB
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'The Christmas calling list' (15409150874).jpg 927 × 1,282; 350 KB
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'The coast north of Anzac Cove', Gallipoli 1915 (18103600701).jpg 1,280 × 294; 580 KB
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'The Sphinx', Gallipoli 1915 (18102612915).jpg 1,280 × 498; 1,016 KB
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'The terrible country towards Suvla', Gallipoli 1915 (18076101846).jpg 1,280 × 353; 643 KB
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'The Turk entrenchment positions', Gallipoli 1915 (18102613365).jpg 1,280 × 331; 632 KB
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2nd Lt Harry Laurent.jpg 577 × 809; 339 KB
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Allan Barns-Graham, 'Bob Armour, MM', c.1943-1944 (21691492295).jpg 1,280 × 1,665; 3.12 MB
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Brigadier General R Young, CB, CMB, DSO, 1919.jpg 577 × 745; 332 KB
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Charles Upham (14071197975).jpg 1,280 × 1,714; 3.12 MB
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Dean Cornwell, Have a "Coke" = Kia Ora, c.1943-1945 (11841204884).jpg 1,280 × 1,067; 2.15 MB
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Departure of the Hospital Ship "Maheno", 1915 (28086044121).jpg 1,280 × 921; 1.61 MB
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George Edmund Butler - 'The Battle of Polygon Wood.jpg 1,280 × 819; 1.58 MB
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George Edmund Butler - A barrage, Caudry, 2nd Otago attacking.jpeg 1,280 × 761; 1.57 MB
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George Edmund Butler - A roadside cemetery near Neuve Eglise.jpeg 1,280 × 763; 1.6 MB
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George Edmund Butler - Bellevue Ridge.jpg 1,280 × 836; 1.45 MB
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George Edmund Butler - Colonel Sir R Heaton Rhodes, KBE.jpeg 1,280 × 1,649; 2.62 MB
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George Edmund Butler - Crevecoeur.jpg 900 × 588; 241 KB
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George Edmund Butler - Lieutenant General Sir A J Godley.jpeg 1,280 × 1,646; 2.92 MB
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George Edmund Butler - Major General Sir Andrew H Russell.jpeg 1,280 × 1,657; 2.81 MB
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George Edmund Butler - Messines Ridge from Hill 63.jpeg 1,280 × 960; 1.79 MB
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George Edmund Butler - Outside Lesdain.jpeg 1,280 × 868; 1.86 MB
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George Edmund Butler - Pont a Pierre.jpg 1,280 × 824; 1.7 MB
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George Edmund Butler - Stretcher Party.jpeg 1,280 × 970; 1.99 MB
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George Edmund Butler - The Butte, Polygon Wood.jpeg 1,280 × 879; 1.59 MB
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George Edmund Butler - The fight at the quarry outside Bapaume.jpeg 1,280 × 864; 1.76 MB
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George Edmund Butler -The scaling of the walls of Le Quesnoy.jpg 1,280 × 1,612; 2.79 MB
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Harold Septimus Power - Bringing up the guns.jpg 1,280 × 798; 1.48 MB
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Henry James Nicholas VC MM posthumous by Annie Elixabeth Kelly.jpg 577 × 819; 334 KB
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HMS Achilles (HMNZS from 1941) (15333552416).jpg 577 × 719; 395 KB
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Illustration from Katherine Mansfield's 'Bliss' by Duncan McPhee (21965896461).jpg 1,280 × 1,135; 1.84 MB
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Landing at Gallipoli (13901951593).jpg 1,266 × 731; 1.21 MB
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Landing Ships Under Fire, Treasury Island, 1943, by Russell Clark (10315928144).jpg 1,280 × 952; 2.01 MB
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Major General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg VC (16160704063).jpg 1,280 × 1,440; 2.5 MB
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Now showing- 'Capturing Conflict' (16974934230).jpg 900 × 1,130; 352 KB
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Percy Storkey, VC, c.1920 (16318977934).jpg 1,280 × 1,809; 2.95 MB
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Peter McIntyre, Air raid at Monte Cassino, February 1944 (16291761647).jpg 1,280 × 1,031; 2.07 MB
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Peter McIntyre, Bombing of Cassino Monastery and town, May 1944 (14194527636).jpg 1,280 × 953; 1.77 MB
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Peter McIntyre, Entry into Tripoli, January 1943 (24363055551).jpg 900 × 1,251; 466 KB
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Peter McIntyre, Into Cassino, May 1944 (14031034048).jpg 1,280 × 933; 1.79 MB
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Peter McIntyre, NZ Troops moving up to Takrouna, April 1943 (13747013194).jpg 1,280 × 831; 1.72 MB
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Peter McIntyre, The Blitz, Canea Crete area defended by NZ'ers, May 1941 (14184016651).jpg 1,280 × 1,080; 2.12 MB
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Peter McIntyre, The breakthrough, Minqar Qa'im, 27-28 June 1942 (14447884384).jpg 1,259 × 900; 1.55 MB
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Peter McIntyre, Wounded at Cassino, March 1944 (14237860403).jpg 1,280 × 926; 1.92 MB
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Pope Pius XII by Peter McIntyre (10044850276).jpg 577 × 703; 357 KB
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RCTravis.jpg 577 × 821; 383 KB
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Russell Clark, 'Looking towards Tulagi from Halvao', 1944 (17299767266).jpg 1,280 × 959; 1.81 MB
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Samuel Frickleton VC (17730826140).jpg 1,280 × 1,806; 3.22 MB
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Second Lieutenant Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu (25917469026).jpg 1,280 × 1,774; 3.31 MB
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Sketch of Waddi-el-Guzze, by Francis Ledingham McFarlane (9925304266).jpg 5,000 × 845; 458 KB
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Soldier in a Landscape, J McMaster, 1901 (14048242077).jpg 1,256 × 873; 415 KB
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The Homecoming from Gallipoli.jpg 900 × 964; 439 KB
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Watercolour of New Plymouth, by John Gully c.1850s (17415766111).jpg 5,835 × 3,665; 2.66 MB
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William James Hardham, by Harry Linley Richardson, 1920 (12090911874).jpg 1,280 × 1,803; 3 MB
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William Lionel Wylie, Tower House, Portsmouth, 1911 (8963703935).jpg 1,280 × 703; 1.15 MB
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Winston Churchill, by Peter McIntyre, 1942 (10952681645).jpg 900 × 1,200; 418 KB