War artist Please expand this article . Further information might be found in a section of the talk page or at Requests for expansion . Vasily Vereshchagin . The Apotheosis of War . 1874 . A war artist captures the experience of war in an artistic manner whilst based in the battlefield . Unlike war poets , a war artist is almost always acting in an official capacity . Famous war artists Wojciech Kossak . Battle of Grunwald ( July 15 , 1410 ) . Oil on canvas. 1931 . Australian First World War George Lambert Arthur Streeton A Henry Fullwood James Quinn Second World War Stella Bowen William Dargie Donald Friend Nora Heysen Ivor Hele Sali Herman Recent conflicts Rick Amor ( East Timor Peacekeeping ) Wendy Sharpe ( East Timor Peacekeeping ) Peter Churcher ( 2002 War on Terrorism ) Lewis Miller ( Iraq War 2003 ) George Gittoes British Neville Lewis Fortunino Matania ( Italian artist working in Britain ) Paul Nash Mervyn Peake Austin Osman Spare Stanley Spencer Edward Bawden Francisco Goya . The Third of May 1808 : The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid . 1814 . Oil on canvas. 266 x 345 cm . Madrid : Museo del Prado . Canadian First World War Alexander Young Jackson ( 1882-1974 ) Frederick Varley Kenneth Forbes Maurice Cullen Arthur Lismer C.W. Jefferys Second World War Thomas Harold Beament ( 1898-1985 ) Alan Brockman Beddoe ( 1893-1975 ) Bruno Jacob Boback ( 1923- ) Molly Lamb Boback ( 1922- ) Frank Leonard Brooks ( 1911- ) David Alexander Colville ( 1920- ) Charles Fraser Comfort ( 1900-1994 ) Francis Michael Forster ( 1908- ) Paul Alexander Goranson ( 1911-2002 ) Lawren Harris ( 1910-1994 ) Charles Anthony Francis Law ( 1916-1996 ) Donald Cameron MacKay ( 1906-1979 ) Rowley Walter Murphy ( 1892-1973 ) Jack Nichols ( 1921- ) William Abernethy Ogilvie ( 1901-1989 ) George Douglas Pepper ( 1903-1962 ) George Campbell Tinning ( 1910-1996 ) Thomas Charles Wood ( 1913-1997 ) Korean War ( unofficial ) Edward `` Ted '' Fenwick Zuber ( 1932- ) Gulf War Edward `` Ted '' Fenwick Zuber ( 1932- ) Japan Tsuguharu Foujita New Zealand Peter McIntyre ( 1910-1995 ) James Boswell ( Artist ) 1906-1971 Spain Francisco de Goya . Los Desatres de la Guerra See also War photography References Canadian artists : Library and Archives Canada Australian official war artists Categories : Articles to be expanded | War artists 