- Source: Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool
Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool is a 1919 oil painting by the English artist Edward Wadsworth. It is one of Wadsworth's most famous paintings and depicts a freshly painted vessel with dazzle camouflage in dry dock.
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.
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.
References
Further reading
Hewison, Robert (2015). "Edward Wadsworth and the Art of Dazzle Painting". Stages (4).
External links
Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool at the National Gallery of Canada
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool
- Dazzle Ships (album)
- Dazzle camouflage
- Edward Wadsworth
- Vorticism
- 1919 in art
- Marine art
- World War I in popular culture
- National Gallery of Canada
- Olympic-class ocean liner
