The Edge of Expression: The Censorship of CRW Nevinson's Paths of Glory

A display about CRW Nevinson who, in his capacity as an official war artist during WWI, led a new generation of British avant-garde artists to document conflict. Commissioned by the British Government, Nevinson would find to his cost the limits of the state's tolerance with his 1917 painting 'Paths of Glory', which depicts the bodies of two British soldiers on a battlefield. Using works by Nevinson and other material from the collection, the display explores the controversy surrounding the painting's exhibition in 1918 –and its aftermath.