Women Artists of the Second World War Talk (In person)

Curator of Art at the Royal Air Force Museum Julia Beaumont-Jones joins us at the Museum of Somerset to explore women artists of the Second World War, including Rachel Reckitt, Sybil Andrews and others.

The RAF Museum’s art collection features around 400 works of Official War Art from the War Artists’ Advisory Committee’s scheme, mostly by male artists due to the era’s patriarchal culture.

Women artists often received shorter commissions or had their works purchased selectively. Many produced war art independently while working in various war efforts.

The RAF Museum aims to balance this representation by acquiring and displaying works by women war artists. Hear more about their challenges and contributions during WWII in the Great Hall.

Curator Julia Beaumont-Jones

Julia is the RAF Museum’s Curator of Fine Art. Julia is a curator and writer specialising in nineteenth and twentieth century British art. She is author of ‘A Century of Prints in Britain’ (Hayward Publishing, 2017).