Witness (Paperback)

From the massive canvases painted by official war artists to the tiniest of personal sketches by amateur soldiers, Witness: Canadian Art of the First World War examines how Canadians captured their First World War experiences, both at home and overseas, in a variety of different ways.

Amber Lloydlangston began working with the Canadian War Museum in 2004, helping to produce the permanent exhibitions Forged in Fire: The Scond World War, 1931 – 1945 and A Violent Peace: The Cold War, Peacekeeping, and Recent Conflicts, 1945 to the Present. Laura Brandon is the author of the award-winning biography Pegi by Herself: The Life of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Canadian Artist, Art or Memorial? The Forgotten History of Canada’s War Art, and the internationally respected Art and War, a survey of Western war art.