ABSTRACT This article considers the work of official war artist Will Dyson in the context of the Australian War Memorial’s 2017 online interactive exhibition, Art of Nation: Australia’s Official Art and Photography of the First World War. A digital realisation of Charles Bean’s original vision for the memorial, Art of Nation revealed how individuals who witnessed the First World War attempted to commemorate it. Dyson was central to both shaping Bean’s plans and creating the memorial’s art collection. He was a renowned artist of the period, whose works were a prized part of this collection, yet today he is little known. This article considers both the reasons for his renown and importance during and immediately after the war and why this acclaim did not last, as an example of how national memory is shaped and reshaped.

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国家艺术：在数字艺术展中重温威尔·戴森的战争作品

摘要 本文在澳大利亚战争纪念馆 2017 年在线互动展览“国家艺术：澳大利亚官方艺术和第一次世界大战摄影”的背景下考虑了官方战争艺术家 Will Dyson 的作品。查尔斯·比恩 (Charles Bean) 对纪念馆最初设想的数字化实现，《国家艺术》揭示了目睹第一次世界大战的个人如何试图纪念它。戴森是塑造比恩计划和创建纪念馆艺术收藏的核心。他是那个时期的著名艺术家，他的作品是这个收藏的珍贵部分，但今天他鲜为人知。本文考虑了他在战争期间和战后立即享有盛誉和重要性的原因，以及为什么这种赞誉没有持续下去，作为国家记忆如何被塑造和重塑的一个例子。