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War in the Air

painting by Christopher R. W. Nevinson
VisualArtwork painting Q64692392
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Key Facts

  • Creator: C. R. W. Nevinson[1]
  • Country: Canada[2]
  • Commissioned by: Canadian War Memorials Fund[3]
  • Depicts: dogfight[4], Billy Bishop[5]
  • Made from material: oil paint[6], canvas[7]
  • Collection: Canadian War Museum[8]
  • Inventory number: 19710261-0517[9], 637[10], 8651[11]
  • Location: Beaverbrook Collection of War Art[12]
  • Inception: 1918[13]
  • Exhibition history: Canadian War Memorials Exhibition, Burlington House, 1919[14], Canadian War Memorials Exhibition, New York, 1919[15]
  • Described at URL: https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1017204[16]
  • Published in: Art and war; Canadian war memorials, a selection of the works executed for the Canadian War Memorials Fund[17]
  • Title: War in the Air[18]
  • Inscription: Nevinson[19], NEVINSON; WAR IN THE AIR[20], 4[21], Acc. 8651[22], 3-4A[23], Canadian War Memorials, 637[24]
  • Height: 306[25]
  • Width: 244.5[26]
  • Copyright status: public domain[27]

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  1. 7w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Width → {'amount': '+244.5'}
    Made from material → oil paint, canvas
    Depicts → dogfight, Billy Bishop
    Wikidata description → painting by Christopher R. W. Nevinson
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