AS PART of Monmouthshire’s events to mark the Centenary of the Armistice, a lecture is being held to explore the art that was produced during and immediately after the War.

Eleanor Bird will deliver her lecture ‘Mud and Glory: The Art of World War One' in Chepstow and in Monmouth.

Her Chepstow talk will be at 2.30pm, in The Drill Hall on Lower Church Street, on November 4, and is in association with the exhibitions at Chepstow & Abergavenny Museum, and the Centenary Commemorations of the Armistice.

It ties in with the exhibitions of striking WW1 propaganda prints, ‘The Great War: Britain’s Efforts and Ideals,’ which are currently running at both Chepstow and Abergavenny Museums.

Ms Bird will also present the lecture at 7.30pm, at Shire Hall in Monmouth, on November 8.

Lecturer, Eleanor Bird MA (Oxon), who runs a series of art history classes for Monmouthshire, said ‘Because the War happened just as art was exploding into the new style of Modernism, the paintings not only present a record of the conflict, but also demonstrate how painting was changing in response to ideas about abstraction, colour and emotional expression.

"The artists who captured the First World War were drawn not only from the establishment, like John Singer Sargent, but also from the avant-garde, such as the Nash brothers and Wyndham Lewis.

"So it makes a fascinating study of stylistic change as well as a way to understand how the conflict felt at the time."

Tickets are £10, or £7.50 concessions. To get tickets for the Chepstow lecture phone 01291 625981. To book a place at the Monmouth lecture, phone Shire Hall, on: 01600 775257