For sale is a large WW1 print, mounted on board, from the original held by Archives New Zealand.

Entitled 'Entry of NZ Troops into Solesmes' by G E Butler - Official NZ War Artist

Measures 52cm x 40.5cm

The print was previously displayed as part of a New Zealand history event.

Print condition: Very good.

Please see my other listings for 2 more of these prints.

Born 15 January 1872 in Southampton, England, George Edmund Butler emigrated to New Zealand with his parents in 1883, settling in Wellington. After completing his education at Te Aro School, Butler worked for his father and studied art part-time under James Nairn at the Wellington School of Design. Butler enrolled at the Wellington School of Design in 1890. He went on to study art in Australia, England, and Europe.

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force War Museum Committee approached Butler to be an official New Zealand war artist because of his reputation as an artist, and his New Zealand connections. Appointed with the honorary rank of captain in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) in September 1918, he joined the New Zealand Division in France later that same month. He observed a number of military operations, some while under fire, during his time with the division, making drawings in a sketchbook carried for this purpose. These sketches later became the basis for his paintings. After the Armistice, he returned to France and Belgium to sketch the various New Zealand battlefield sites.

These rare images are modern prints of the original paintings. They are powerful reminders of the huge impact WW1 had on New Zealand. George Butler records the extraordinary courage, determination, and sacrifice of the New Zealanders who served in this conflict.

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