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Artists painting and sketching
on the home fronts in both England and Canada had to contend with
many difficulties. There was a general antipathy towards the artists
seen sketching in dockyards and munitions factories. They were often
considered to be spies and were reported to the authorities, which
led to lengthy explanations and embarrassing encounters with the
local police.
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access to various facilities engaged in war work was meant to
ease the situation though it made little difference. Their activities
as artists were often seen as frivolous by those engaged in the
war effort both from the point of view of wasting materials and
energy that could be better put to other more practical uses.
Several women artists sketched in factories, dockyards, military
camps and aircraft assembly plants.
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Lecture to Canadian Officers Training Corps at University of Toronto
- Victoria College in Background
C. W. Jefferys
Reference Code: C 334-1-5-0-15
Archives of Ontario, I0013639 |
Canadian
artist Dorothy
Stevens created memorable images of the industrial
processes that supported the war effort. Some of those images are
included here.
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Ship Building the Freighter, 1919
Dorothy Stevens
Reference Code: C 334-1-5-0-16
Archives of Ontario, I0013279 |
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British Forgings, 1919
Dorothy Stevens
Reference Code: C 334-1-5-0-19
Archives of Ontario, I0013282 |
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The Sea Boat, Aeroplane
Factory no.1, 1919
Dorothy Stevens
Reference Code: C 334-1-5-0-20
Archives of Ontario, I0013283
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Ready for Shipment, Aeroplane
Factory no. 2, 1919
Dorothy Stevens
Reference Code: C 334-1-5-0-21
Archives of Ontario, I0013284 |
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