Title
unknown (Woman in Blue) (detail), n.d., Beaverbrook Art
Gallery
Learn to Look at Male Portraits
Anthony Flower & Miller Gore Brittain
Click on image for complete view
Click on image for complete view
ANTHONY FLOWER Title unknown (Cornelius Flower), 1847
watercolour on paper
20.6 x 17.3 cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Harrison
McCain Foundation.
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery
MILLER GORE BRITTAIN Dying Soldier, 1947
pastel on brown paper
38.2 x 59.4 cm
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery
What we see
How would you describe these two paintings
to someone if they could not see them? What words would
you use to describe these two young men?
How we feel
How do you think each person is feeling
in these paintings? How do you feel when you look at these
young men?
What we think
What colour does Brittain use in his work?
Why do you think he chose that colour? If you wanted to
create an image of a dying soldier what colour or colours
would you use?
How it was made
Why do you think the artist created these
works? Anthony Flower painted this picture of his oldest
son. Miller Gore Brittain created this work after he returned
from war. What is the most important thing they are trying
to say about these young men in these portraits?
About the artist:
Miller Gore Brittain (1912-1968)
was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and served with the
Royal Canadian Air Force as a bomb-aimer in World War II.
His work is unusual for the time because he was not afraid
to show intense emotions or to use symbolism while most
artists in Canada painted landscapes.
Links
If you would like to learn more about the
experiences of Canadian men and women during war visit http://www.warmuseum.ca
