We Are Making a New World

Paul Nash · 1918

Why it's great

A broken, twisted forest of shattered tree stumps stands in a landscape ripped by shell craters, under a bitter-sounding title. Paul Nash painted this in 1918 as an official war artist, and its irony made it one of the best-known pictures of World War I.

🏛️ Part of history

World War I (1914–1918) — A broken, twisted forest of shattered tree stumps stands in a landscape ripped by shell craters, under a bitter-sounding title.

Where to see it

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Hang it on your wall

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About the artist

Paul Nash

1889–1946 · born in Kensington · died in Boscombe

Paul Nash was an English painter born in London in 1889. He was an official war artist in both World Wars and painted haunting landscapes of broken trees and battlefields. He died in Boscombe, England, in 1946.