New Zealand official war artists
New Zealand official war artists are those whose artwork becomes a part of the record of New Zealanders' lives during times of war. In New Zealand, the title of appointed "war artist" changed to "army artist" after the two world wars.
Stretcher Party, 1918 by George Edmund Butler
Australian official war artists
Australian official war artists are those who have been expressly employed by either the Australian War Memorial (AWM) or the Army Military History Section. These artist soldiers depicted some aspect of war through art; this might be a pictorial record or it might commemorate how war shapes lives.
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
