Australian official war artists are those who have been expressly employed by either the Australian War Memorial or the Army Military History Section. These artist soldiers depicted some aspect of war
Australian official war artists, 1916–1918 by George Coates, 1920. Oil on canvas, 124.2 x 104.5 cm. The group portrait presents, left to right: front — George Bell; standing — John Longstaff, Charles Bryant, George Washington Lambert, A. Henry Fullwood, James Quinn, H. Septimus Power, Arthur Streeton; and seated back — Will Dyson, Fred Leist.
Artworks by Arthur Streeton and sculptures by Web Gilbert on display at the Australian War Memorial in 2012
Arthur Streeton: Amiens, the key of the west, oil-on-canvas, completed in 1919.
Captain Conway Bown, Australian Army Official War Artist, Iraq, 2006
George James Coates
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George James Coates was an Australian painter, primarily a portraitist.
George Coates in 1921
National Gallery of Victoria Art School students 1896. Back: Amy Mann, Agnes Kirkwood, Leon Pole, George Coates, Albert Ends, Hugh Ramsay Middle: James S. MacDonald, Dora Meeson, Jo Sweatman, Ada Coutie, Isabel Hunter Front: George Pontin, Portia Geach
George Coates, Motherhood, 1903, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
George Coates (1912) Arthur Walker and his brother Harold (The Walker Brothers), oil on canvas. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne