Ernest Procter:
Sleeping Quarters of the French Civilian Evacuation Section, Oxelaëre, 1917
Framed (ref: 9878)
Signed, watercolour, gouache, and pencil

Tags: Ernest Procter gouache pencil watercolour interiors Commemorating World War I

Provenance: Private Collection

Oxelaëre is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.  Procter served as a member and official artist for the Friend's Ambulance Unit in Dunkirk from 1916-17 executing numerous fine drawings chronicling his intense personal experiences working there. The Imperial War Museum holds a number of drawings and a sketchbook by the artist from this period. In 1918 he was appointed Official War Artist for theMinistry of Information.