Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool

Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool
Artist Edward Wadsworth
Year 1919
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 304.8 cm × 243.8 cm (120.0 in × 96.0 in)
Location National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool is a 1919 painting by the English artist Edward Wadsworth. It is one of Wadsworth's most famous paintings.[1]

Creation

Wadsworth had been involved with Vorticism, an abstract art movement led by Wyndham Lewis, before he was employed to design dazzle camouflage for ships during World War I. This experience forms the background for Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool.[1]

Legacy

The graphic designer Peter Saville was struck by the painting and suggested the title for the album Dazzle Ships by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Saville designed the album's cover and used Wadsworth's painting as inspiration.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. Oxford University Press. 2009. p. 744. ISBN 9780199239658.
  2. ↑ "OMD* – Dazzle Ships". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-16.

Further reading

  • Hewison, Robert (2015). "Edward Wadsworth and the Art of Dazzle Painting". Stages (4).
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