Modern War Paintings by C. R. W. Nevinson

“Mr. C. R. W. Nevinson's pictures of war on the Western front were seen and discussed by so many people while they were on view in London that we need do little more here than record their reproduction and publication in this volume. All are in black-and-white, except the notable “Column on the March," which is reproduced, with moderate success, in colours as a frontispiece. The quality of these "authoritative and concentrated utterances" on this war is so fine that Mr. Nevinson's official mission to paint more pictures of the war is as gratifying as, a year or two ago, it would have been surprising. Mr. P. G. Konody contributes to the volume a long introductory essay which discusses war-painting in general and Mr. Nevinson in particular, giving a sketch of this brilliant young artist’s career.”
—The Burlington Magazine, Volume 31

“Amongst the many artists who have set themselves to depict the Great War in its varied aspects none has given us more peculiarly personal impressions than Mr. Nevinson. He has viewed it through the eyes of the soldier and yet with the discrimination of the artist. Consequently his pictures arrest attention, for they possess the spirit of truth which is convincing. The series of works shown in these two volumes arc well reproduced, and by the. originality of their conception and frank and forceful technique deserve careful study.”
—The International Studio, Volume 67