Will Dyson was the first artist commissioned under the auspices of the Official Australian War Art Scheme. A famous political satirist, Dyson brought a keen and critical eye to recording the Western Front.
Forty years on from the tragedy of Gallipoli, Sidney Nolan reflected on the campaign and what it meant for the history of Australia and his own experience of the Second World War.
Evelyn Chapman was the first Australian woman to record the battlefields of France. She toured the Somme region, painting vivid paintings of still-smouldering ruins and trenches.