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The Home Front
When Great Britain marched into the First World War in August 1914, Australians responded with wild enthusiasm and waved the flags of Empire. While the war was fought far away, the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, the long misery of the Western Front and the bitter debate about conscription reverberated throughout Australian society for decades. On the home front, artist Grace Cossington Smith, ensconced with her family in the northern Sydney suburb of Turramurra, captured a moment of quiet domesticity amid the wartime turmoil with The sock knitter, 1915 (p. 11), a Post-impressionist portrait of her sister, Madge. Another work, the jaunty Reinforcements: troops 111archin9, c.1917 (p. 4), depicts the send-off to volunteers in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), although a crying child in the foreground unsettles the celebratory mood.
History
Publication title
Follow the Flag: Australian Artists at War 1914-45Editors
K Grant and S Van WykPagination
102-105ISBN
9780724104055Department/School
College Office - College of Arts, Law and EducationPublisher
National Gallery of VictoriaPlace of publication
Melbourne, AustraliaExtent
10Rights statement
Copyright 2015 National Gallery of VictoriaRepository Status
- Restricted