Underground Regulars
Edmond KAPP: artist
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In 1940 Edmond Kapp was commissioned by the War Artists Scheme to produce a series of images on the subject of air raids, intended in part to demonstrate how civilian Britain was coping with the Blitz. Entitled ‘Life under London’, many of the resulting works depicted Londoners sheltering from the relentless German bombing that devastated much of the city. However Kapp did not show people distressed by
the events occuring above them, instead there is a pervading sense of the normal patterns of life continuing regardless of the changed surroundings.
the events occuring above them, instead there is a pervading sense of the normal patterns of life continuing regardless of the changed surroundings.
Title
Underground Regulars
Artist/Maker and role
Edmond KAPP: artist
Date
1941
Medium
pen and crayon
Credit line
Gift of the British Government, 1948
The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
Accession number
1948/00D3