No.1
This painting of work in a munitions factory during the First World War was by Anna Airy. She found it necessary to work very quickly in order to capture the colour of the molten shells. The tremendous heat of the interior added to the intensity, and on one occasion the ground became so hot that her shoes were burnt off her feet.
An oil painter, pastel artist and etcher, Airy was one of the first women officially commissioned as a war artist and was recognised as one of the leading women artists of her generation.
Tomorrow's painting - A Hopeless Dawn by Frank Bramley
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