Now booking: Tour of 'People's War: Second World War Portraits' with Ulrike Smalley, Senior Curator at the Imperial War Museum London, Wednesday 20 June 2012, 9-10.30am

	A Pathfinder by John Berry (1920-2009), oil on canvas, 1943
	© IWM (IWM ART LD 2939)

The exhibition (opening 2 June 2012)
‘Here is the War. Here are the men and women fighting it. The soldiers, sailors, airmen, civil defenders and – The People.’

During the Second World War, artists such as Stanley Spencer, Edward Bawden, Henry Lamb and Ronald Searle created art capturing the war for the official government art scheme as well as out of personal motivation. Portraits played a central role in their work, paying tribute to people’s endurance and ‘to show Britain and the world “what sort of a people we are.”’

From official oil paintings to informal drawings, this exhibition of Second World War portraits at the Imperial War Museum offers an insight into personal stories of bravery, survival and death, and a society undergoing tremendous change.

The tour
Ulrike Smalley, Senior Curator of the exhbition, has kindly agreed to provide a tour for a small number of delegates, followed by refreshments in the Museum cafe.

We are pleased to invite applications for complimentary tickets to this event. If you would like to join the group, please email us at ssnportraiture[at]npg.org.uk at an early opportunity with your full contact details and job title or academic affiliation.

	A Negro Seaman: A prisoner-of-war at Milag Nord Hospital by John Worsley (1919-2000), pencil, 1944
	© IWM (IWM ART LD 5117)

We will be announcing further seminars and private collection visits shortly, including a tour of portrait collections in four Cambridge colleges on 26 September 2012, and our Annual Seminar at the National Portrait Gallery on 27 November 2012. Sign up to our email newsletter for details. 

	Arts Council England
	© Arts Council England

	A Pathfinder by John Berry (1920-2009), oil on canvas, 1943
	© IWM (IWM ART LD 2939)

The exhibition (opening 2 June 2012)
‘Here is the War. Here are the men and women fighting it. The soldiers, sailors, airmen, civil defenders and – The People.’

During the Second World War, artists such as Stanley Spencer, Edward Bawden, Henry Lamb and Ronald Searle created art capturing the war for the official government art scheme as well as out of personal motivation. Portraits played a central role in their work, paying tribute to people’s endurance and ‘to show Britain and the world “what sort of a people we are.”’

From official oil paintings to informal drawings, this exhibition of Second World War portraits at the Imperial War Museum offers an insight into personal stories of bravery, survival and death, and a society undergoing tremendous change.

The tour
Ulrike Smalley, Senior Curator of the exhbition, has kindly agreed to provide a tour for a small number of delegates, followed by refreshments in the Museum cafe.

We are pleased to invite applications for complimentary tickets to this event. If you would like to join the group, please email us at ssnportraiture[at]npg.org.uk at an early opportunity with your full contact details and job title or academic affiliation.

	A Negro Seaman: A prisoner-of-war at Milag Nord Hospital by John Worsley (1919-2000), pencil, 1944
	© IWM (IWM ART LD 5117)

We will be announcing further seminars and private collection visits shortly, including a tour of portrait collections in four Cambridge colleges on 26 September 2012, and our Annual Seminar at the National Portrait Gallery on 27 November 2012. Sign up to our email newsletter for details. 

	Arts Council England
	© Arts Council England