C. R. W. Nevinson
(1889 - 1946)
 

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson ARA was an English figure and landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, who was one of the most famous war artists of World War I. He is often referred to by his initials C. R. W. Nevinson, and was also known as Richard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._R._W._Nevinson

The Road from Arras to Bapaume
1917
Oil on Canvas
60,9 x 45,7 cm
Imperial War Museum
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/20209

 

The endless road from Arras to Bapaume undulates towards the horizon. The use of strong perspective enhances the emptiness and desolation of the scene: flat, featureless fields, broken trees and grey sky. The viewer joins the quiet passage of military vehicles in the aftermath of a bombardment. The official censors requested that Nevinson repaint the traffic after he originally painted the vehicles on the wrong side of the road.