AWM ART22392

Painting in bright colours showing three seated women enjoying a scenic view over a distant valley. The painting is framed by trees and bushes at the sides and a flap of canvas at the top. Three women are sitting on deck chairs.

Nora Heysen, View from Sisters' Mess, Finschhafen [1944, oil on canvas, 39 x 44.4 cm, AWM ART22392]

This painting shows nurses relaxing at an Australian Casualty Clearing Station in New Guinea in 1944. Heysen had been instructed to capture the work of nurses, and was criticised by her commander for depicting them at leisure.

Source
AWM ART22392
Copyright

Australian War Memorial

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