Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool
1919 · oil on canvas
Dimensions 304.8 × 243.8 cm
Wadsworth's painting of ships receiving dazzle camouflage foreshadows his role in helping the Royal Navy apply the distinctive patterns to their ships during the First World War. The influence of Vorticism, a Cubist-inspired British art movement in the early twentieth century, can clearly be seen.
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Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool (1919) by Edward Wadsworth, oil on canvas.
About Edward Wadsworth
Edward Alexander Wadsworth ARA (29 October 1889 – 21 June 1949) was an English artist, most famous for his close association with Vorticism. He painted, often in tempera, coastal views, abstracts, portraits and still-life. He was also an engraver on wood and copper.
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