A Delicate and Dangerous Job: Evelyn Dunbar and Female War Art

Evelyn Dunbar was the only full-time female war artist in World War II. She recorded an almost exclusively female experience of war, painting Land Girls and members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force going about their work. Meticulously, quietly and with an air of supreme concentration.Join Oswin, Carla and the art historian Frances Spalding as we delve into Evelyn's life and art, understand life in the 1930s and what being a woman artist means today.You can find the paintings we're talking about on the Trapped History website, trappedhistory.com, and on our instagram page @trappedhistoryThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacyHead over to www.trappedhistory.com to sign up to the award-winning podcast, get our newsletter, bonus episodes and much, much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.