The Menin Road | |
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Artist | Paul Nash |
Year | 1918 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 182.8 cm × 317.5 cm (72 in × 125 in) |
Location | Imperial War Museum, London |
Website | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/20087 |
The Menin Road is a large oil painting by Paul Nash completed in 1919 that depicts a First World War battlefield. Nash was commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee to paint a battlefield scene for the proposed national Hall of Remembrance. The painting is considered one of the most iconic images of the First World War and is held by the Imperial War Museum.[1]