auchonvillerssomme Posted 23 November , 2006 Share Posted 23 November , 2006 The Historial de la Grande Guerre is showing a the Painting of 'Dead Stretcher Bearer' can anyone remind me of who painted it? Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landsturm Posted 23 November , 2006 Share Posted 23 November , 2006 Can you provide us a scan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 23 November , 2006 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2006 No stupidly i didnt get a picture of it...ive never seen it before...very good picture, terrible theme...depicts dead stretcher bearer lying on a stretcher mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Haymes Posted 23 November , 2006 Share Posted 23 November , 2006 Hi Mick, Not sure if this is the one , but there was a painting by "Gilbert Rogers" called " Dead Stretcher Bearer". i think its held in trust by the Imperial War Museum in London. Seem to recall the scene was a shellhole, water filled, with the body of the Bearer covered by a blanket laid at an incline into the muddy blood stained crater ? Hope thats the one ? Regards Gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Jones Posted 23 November , 2006 Share Posted 23 November , 2006 This one? IWM Collections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landsturm Posted 24 November , 2006 Share Posted 24 November , 2006 I thought it might be that one... have it in one of my books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 24 November , 2006 Author Share Posted 24 November , 2006 This one? IWM Collections Thanks all. Nope thats not it. But Ive never seen that one before either. Gordon has the one I'm thinking of. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 24 November , 2006 Author Share Posted 24 November , 2006 All I need now is a picture of the picture. The copy they have in Peronne is the original presumably on loan. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott henderson Posted 24 November , 2006 Share Posted 24 November , 2006 Was the picture that you are thinking about on the front cover of a book called Hot Blood Cold Steel? If it is then the stretcher bearer has a blanket thrown over him covering his face & most of his body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Jones Posted 24 November , 2006 Share Posted 24 November , 2006 A search on the IWM online catalogue under Rogers as artist or title 'Dead Stretcher Bearer' does not show the painting you describe. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Jones Posted 24 November , 2006 Share Posted 24 November , 2006 Here it is. S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 24 November , 2006 Share Posted 24 November , 2006 2 pictures by G Rogers, each picture tells a thousand stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat Posted 24 November , 2006 Share Posted 24 November , 2006 They brought a lump to my throat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 24 November , 2006 Author Share Posted 24 November , 2006 2 pictures by G Rogers, each picture tells a thousand stories. Thats the one...the painting takes your breath away. about 4ftx4ft. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 24 November , 2006 Author Share Posted 24 November , 2006 Kevin where did you find them? mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 24 November , 2006 Share Posted 24 November , 2006 One on post 11 here the other was a google search for streatcher bearers by Gilbert Rogers http://www.ramsdale.org/somme.htm came up amongst others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Morton Posted 24 November , 2006 Share Posted 24 November , 2006 Marvelous! For those that are curious, the name of the painting with the two soldiers and the cooker is "Humanity - Stretcher-Bearer Post, 9th Field Ambulance". The Somme 1916 site is well worth the visit! All the best, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gporta Posted 25 November , 2006 Share Posted 25 November , 2006 Those paintings are incredibly good: is there any printed work about the author (including reproductions)? Gloria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Morton Posted 25 November , 2006 Share Posted 25 November , 2006 'Fraid not. You could do a Google search and see if you can identify him a bit better or e-mail the IWM where at least one of the paintings is displayed. I'm going to try sculpting the stretcher-bearer in 1/16th scale. I thought I would do a cut-away type trench showing the figure and surroundings as much as possible in the same way as Mr. Rogers did it. The effect of his washed-out whites, greys and tans is visually stunning so it would be quite a challenge for the figure painter - of which I am not one! Did you notice Rogers has the scene back-lit with light flooding toward the viewer? Marvelous. If you'd like to see the figure develop, please check out either www. Planetfigure.com and go to my vBench or my blog - Heroes on the Wire. http://heroesonthewire.blogspot.com/ All the best, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Morton Posted 26 November , 2006 Share Posted 26 November , 2006 In the painting, Dead Stretcher Bearer, what is covering the face of the stretcher bearer? Is it a PH or other type gas mask or is it a blanket? I can't tell! All the best, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 26 November , 2006 Share Posted 26 November , 2006 hard to tell, maybe someone has seen the original and knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Morton Posted 26 November , 2006 Share Posted 26 November , 2006 You did exactly what I tried. Photoshop's a great program, but if the resolution isn't there in the original.... Hence my question... All the best, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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