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Paths of Glory is a 1917 painting by British artist C. R. W. Nevinson. The title quotes from a line from Thomas Gray's 1750 poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard: "The paths of glory lead but to the grave". It is held by the Imperial War Museum in London, which describes it as "one of Nevinson's most famous paintings".
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.' In CRW Nevinson's image, not even the grave appears a possibility: the two dead British soldiers lying among the remnants of a recent offensive have been forgotten and their bodies are bloated as they slowly begin to decompose.
In the casualty-heavy battlegrounds of World War One, bodies were frequently left unattended and unburied. In one of Nevinson’s most famous paintings, we see the bodies of two dead British...
Title: Paths Of Glory. Creator: Nevinson, C R W (ARA) Creator Lifespan: 1889 - 1946. Date Created: 1917. Location: France. Physical Dimensions: w609 x h457 mm (unframed) Type: painting....
C. R. W. Nevinson was a British painter who served as an official war artist in World War I. His paintings depicted soldiers suffering and dying on the battlefield. His work was well-received, although some found it too grim and controversial for display during wartime.
Paths of Glory. Christopher R. W. Nevinson 1917. Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto. Porto, Portugal. In 1917, Paths of Glory was commissioned from Christopher Nevinson...
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Nevinson's Elegy: Paths of Glory CHARLES E. DOHERTY Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889-1946) was among the first British artists to witness the horrors of the First World War. A volunteer ambu-lance driver on the western front, Nevinson observed the suffering and carnage resulting from the new trench warfare in the winter of 1914-15.
