• 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London
  • 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London

War Paint guest tour: Jules George

Tour
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Date

21 June 2017

Audience

Adults

Location

National Army Museum

Admission

£12.00
Concessions: £9.00

Battle, Jules George, 2010 Battle, Jules George, 2010

War artist Jules George will give a guided tour of our War Paint exhibition, in which his work is featured.

During this special one-hour tour, Jules will take you around the exhibition and discuss what it’s like to be a war artist.

Jules George has extensive experience as a war artist. In February 2010 he visited Afghanistan, officially sanctioned and sponsored by the Ministry of Defence. Subsequently, he has made trips to sea with the Royal Navy on operational deployments to the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Falkland Islands and Atlantic.

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