Camp on Salisbury Plain
Artist
Ian Fleming
(Glasgow, Scotland, 1906 - 1994)
Date1944
Mediumpencil and watercolour on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 38.2 cm, Width: 52.8 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1995 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
Copyright© By permission of the Fleming Family (2002)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG011510
About MeAlthough Fleming was a conscientious objector, he joined the Pioneer Corps (a combatant corps used for light engineering tasks) in 1941 and followed the troops in training on Salisbury Plain and through western Europe, creating a series of outstanding watercolours during this time.He used his creative abilities to depict the desolation and suffering that was caused by the war. In this watercolour scene the viewer is outside the camp, looking through two brown tents into a scene that is ridden with a sense of loneliness and abandonment.
More About Me
The overall atmosphere in this artwork is rather grim – which is fitting since Fleming created this work in 1944, a year before the end of the Second World War.
