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Incident near Huppy

Hughie O'Donoghue, 1999–2002

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
© Hughie O'Donoghue

One of a series of works by the artist about France during the Second World War and the retreat of 1940. Huppy is a small rural town in Belgium, and the artist has used an archive photograph of a burning truck to investigate the emotive theme of an abandoned landscape. The photograph is positioned in the top-right of the canvas and is used as a trigger to consider the expressive and formal qualities of the remainder of the picture surface.

More information

Title of artwork, date

Incident near Huppy, 1999–2002

Date supported

2003

Medium and material

Oil on canvas incorporating photographic inkjet on gami tissue

Dimensions

209 x 181 cm

Grant

9500

Total cost

18000

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