Weymouth Bay, Victory Day Celebrations (1946): Art, History and Details
Weymouth Bay, Victory Day Celebrations at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1946, watercolor, graphite, pen and ink. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Weymouth Bay, Victory Day Celebrations (1946) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Hundreds of British beachgoers in Weymouth Bay celebrate the first anniversary of Victory Day, marking the Allies' victory against Germany in May 1945. This colorful depiction highlights the electrified mood of the population. Sir Muirhead Bone served as the official war artist during World War II. Having been appointed in 1916, Bone captured this happy moment after having lived through two world wars.
Object facts
- Title: Weymouth Bay, Victory Day Celebrations
- Date: 1946
- Creator attribution: Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953)
- Culture: England, 20th century
- Type: Drawing
- Technique: watercolor, graphite, pen and ink
- Collection: DR - British
- Department: Drawings
- Accession number: 1954.772
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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