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A farm in Wales
After studying in Oxford and London, Armstrong established his reputation during the 1930s as an illustrator and a designer. He became a member of Unit One in 1933 and developed a dream-like Surreal style. Armstrong's fascination for ruined buildings and images of decay found a natural outlet when he became an official war artist. This bombed farmhouse may be the same one that Graham Sutherland painted in 1940, at Aberthaw near the R.A.F. station at St. Athan, west of Cardiff.
Image: © Estate of John Armstrong. All Rights Reserved 2025/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2088
Creation/Production
ARMSTRONG, John
Date: 1940
Acquisition
Gift, 7/1/1948
Given by War Artists Advisory Committee
Measurements
Height
(cm): 63.6
Width
(cm): 51
Height
(in): 25
Width
(in): 20
Techniques
tempera on gesso panel
Material
tempera
gesso panel
Location
In store
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