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Nov 12, 2022
Media: Oil on panel
Size: 11x14 in
I found an old photo I’d taken of Cambridge’s war memorial from when it was in its old position in the middle of the junction of Hills Road and Station Road. I always wanted to paint it as it presented such a dramatic silhouette. I thought it would be fitting to do it this armistice weekend. The memorial was moved a few years ago as part of the development of this area, at the same time that a quite ugly glass building appeared called Botanic House. The sculpture has been relegated to the pavement. Here is an extract from a website describing this magnificent sculpture by Robert Tait Mackenzie; “The soldier marches purposefully with his rifle sloped over his left shoulder, his stride deliberately over-extended by several inches. He walks home up Hills Road, toward the centre of Cambridge, with a backward glance over his right shoulder along Station Road towards Cambridge railway station. He is bareheaded, holding his helmet in his right hand, which also clasps a rose, with another rose fallen at his feet. He carries a laurel wreath on his rifle, which also encircles a German helmet carried on his backpack as a trophy of war." I found an old photo I’d taken of Cambridge’s war memorial from when it was in its old position in the middle of the junction of Hills Road and Station Road. I always wanted to paint it as it presented such a dramatic silhouette. I thought it would be fitting to do it this armistice weekend. The memorial was moved a few years ago as part of the development of this area, at the same time that a quite ugly glass building appeared called Botanic House. The sculpture has been relegated to the pavement. Here is an extract from a website describing this magnificent sculpture by Robert Tait Mackenzie; “The soldier marches purposefully with his rifle sloped over his left shoulder, his stride deliberately over-extended by several inches. He walks home up Hills Road, toward the centre of Cambridge, with a backward glance over his right shoulder along Station Road towards Cambridge railway station. He is bareheaded, holding his helmet in his right hand, which also clasps a rose, with another rose fallen at his feet. He carries a laurel wreath on his rifle, which also encircles a German helmet carried on his backpack as a trophy of war." |
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