The IWM collection comprises 800,000 items, collected by the museum since 1917, that tell the story of modern war and conflict. It includes a diverse and exceptional art collection with many great works of art from the war art schemes of the First and Second World Wars. It is a world-class representation of British modernism. IWM has continued to commission and collect work from artists through the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Art Unlocked is an online talk series by Art UK in collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies. This Curation is based on a talk by Rebecca Newell, Head of Art at Imperial War Museums, on 6th October 2021. You can find a recording at: https://youtu.be/ZKNETgz2EVE
A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London 1918
Anna Airy (1882–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 182.8 x W 213.3 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Travoys Arriving with Wounded at a Dressing Station at Smol, Macedonia, September 1916 1919
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 182.8 x W 218.4 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Battle of Britain 1941
Paul Nash (1889–1946)
Oil on canvas
H 122.6 x W 183.5 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The Nuremberg Trial 1946
Laura Knight (1877–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 182.8 x W 152.4 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
