Dixmude, Ruins, from the series Ruins of War by Frank Brangwyn

Dixmude, Ruins, from the series Ruins of War

Frank Brangwyn · 1919

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DETAILS
Artist
Frank Brangwyn
Date
1919
Medium
Lithograph on cream wove paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Image: 46.8 × 65.4 cm (18 7/16 × 25 3/4 in.); Sheet: 67.5 × 81.5 cm (26 5/8 × 32 1/8 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
England
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. John Jenkins
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Frank Brangwyn

Sir Frank Brangwyn was a prolific Welsh artist whose monumental murals and powerful lithographs captured everything from global markets to the stark realities of World War I.

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