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First World War: An Abandoned Dormitory for German Troops in a Requisitioned Lace Factory at Le Cateau

John Hodgson Lobley (1878–1948)

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First World War: An Abandoned Dormitory for German Troops in a Requisitioned Lace Factory at Le Cateau

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A chess or draughts board is painted on the other side of the painting. The artist was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire and studied painting at the Royal College of Art, the Slade School, and the Royal Academy Schools, all in London. In the First World War he was an official war artist. He contributed to many exhibitions between the wars and had a solo exhibition at the Leger Gallery, London, in 1934.

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Title

First World War: An Abandoned Dormitory for German Troops in a Requisitioned Lace Factory at Le Cateau

Date

1918

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 43 x W 51.5 cm

Accession number

583831i

Acquisition method

presented by the Imperial War Museum

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

German beds in lace factory La [sic] Cateau by J. Hodgson Lobley late R.A.M.C. Le Cateau Hodgson Lobley/18

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John Hodgson Lobley

1878–1948

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