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(Colorized by me) A posed photo of official artist Richard Jack at work on his iconic painting, The Second Battle of Ypres, the first work of art commissioned by Lord Beaverbrook. This work is on permanent display at the Canadian War Museum. 
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The official war art program employed close to 120 artists, most of them British or Canadian, who eventually created nearly 1,000 works. (Courtesy of @CanWarMuseum)
The official war art program employed close to 120 artists, most of them British or Canadian, who eventually created nearly 1,000 works. (Courtesy of @CanWarMuseum)
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The painting commemorates the first major action of Canadian troops at the front, which led British Field Marshal Sir John French to declare that the Canadians "saved the situation."
Sir Edmund Walker, of the CWMF's Advisory Arts Council in Canada, doubted that Jack's painting captured the achievement in a way Canadians would understand: "Whatever its merits, the public of the future is not likely to appreciate such realistic treatment of war."
