Gerald Moira: The Restoration Of Serbia

This image captures Serbia's rebuilding process after the devastating losses it faced during the First World War. It features the installation of a large, sculpted head, supported by bold, diagonal metal lines that add dynamism to the composition. The onlookers, in vibrant, traditional Serbian attire, add cultural depth to the scene. The artist, Gerald Moira, born in London to Portuguese parents, is noted for his murals. He also worked in landscape and figure painting, as well as lithography, after studying at the Royal Academy Schools and further honing his skills in Paris.

Gerald Moira’s "The Restoration of Serbia" tackles a similar theme of national repair. Austro-Hungary’s declaration of war on Serbia on 28 July 1914 ignited the Great War; by 1917, Serbia was occupied, divided between Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. Again, a crowd is assembled amidst girders and the figurehead of Serbia. Elsewhere, countries are represented entirely by figures: Maurice Greiffenhagen’s "The Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France" depicts Alsace and Lorraine as two exhausted peasant women welcomed back into the fatherly, god-like embrace of France.

Dimensions: L 81cm x W 55cm

- Blind embossed stamp of British/royal coat of arms
- Includes a certificate of authenticity
- Print delivered flat
- Discounts cannot be applied to Efforts and Ideals lithographs
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  Other 'Ideals' in this series available for sale at IWM:

• - George Clausen: The Reconstruction Of Belgium
• - Edmund Dulac: Poland A Nation
• - Moria: Greiffenhagen The Restoration Of Alsace-Lorraine
• - Augustus John: The Dawn
• - William Nicholson: The End Of War
• - Charles Ricketts: Italia Redenta
• - William Rothenstein: The Triumph Of Democracy
• - Charles Shannon: The Rebirth Of The Arts
• - Edmund Sullivan: The Reign Of Justice