Frederick Farrell
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Painting of women at work in a munitions factory
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Born | Frederick Arthur Farrell 1882 |
Died | 1935 |
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Known for | War art |
Frederick Arthur "Fred" Farrell (1882–1935) was a British artist, who served as the city of Glasgow's official war artist during World War One.[1][2] Glasgow was the only city to appoint an artist to such a position.[2]
Farrell was born in 1882.[3] His father was curator at Trades House in Glasgow.
Farrell trained as a civil engineer while apprenticed to his brother.[2] As an artist, he was self-taught,[1] and worked in watercolour, as well as making etchings.[2]
He was enlisted into the army as a sapper in June 1916, but was discharged six months later after developing a gastric ulcer.[2]
Following his appointment as a war artist, he went to Flanders, Belgium, in November 1917, and spent three weeks there, painting Highland Light Infantry battalions.[2] The next year he drew 51st (Highland) Division in France.[2]
He died in 1935.[3]
An exhibition of his work, the first since 1920,[2] 'Fred A. Farrell: Glasgow's War Artist', was held at The People's Palace in that city in 2014.[2]
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