This landscape painting by Paul Nash caught my eye because of it's simplicity, and yet the great message it gives. The message seems as if it would be angry, and anti-war. The dying trees(or cactuses?) on the barren land contribute a sadness to the work of art, and not only that, it seems very polluted. The rising sun behind that mountain, I think represents the fact that Nash felt that peace was trying to make its way through, but all of the hostility and feeling of hatred between the nations got in the way. But every day, the sun still rises, to expose itself and its presence. I also think that it still comes out because its light will drop on the ugly, dead wasteland and remind everyone of what they have caused. This is why the war was not a "war to end all wars," too many problems were left unsolved.
image from www.bbc.co.uk
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