"The colour of tears": Fernand Léger’s and D.H. Lawrence’s Experiences of the Great War

In the Foreword to a commemorative exhibition at Caen War Memorial I found this phrase “ the colour of tears” along with enlightening remarks on artists during the First World War, especially Fernand Léger in whom I have always had a personal interest . By way of introduction, I will start with a f...

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izdano v:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/lawrence,
Glavni avtor: Macadré-Nguyên, Brigitte
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: Études Lawrenciennes 2015
Online dostop:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Izvleček:In the Foreword to a commemorative exhibition at Caen War Memorial I found this phrase “ the colour of tears” along with enlightening remarks on artists during the First World War, especially Fernand Léger in whom I have always had a personal interest . By way of introduction, I will start with a few words on this Foreword. Then I will focus on Léger’s and Lawrence’s experiences of the war and then move on to the ways they came to terms with it in their arts. I will argue that Léger’s and La...