The documentary film "ERIC RAVILIOUS - DRAWN TO WAR" tells the story of Eric Ravilious, a British Official War Artist who was killed in a plane crash over Iceland in 1942. The film features contributions from artists Ai Weiwei and Grayson Perry, writers Alan Bennett and Robert Macfarlane, and uses private correspondence and previously unseen archive to recount Ravilious's life. The film explores what his life and art reveal about the concept of Englishness and what it means to be a war artist.
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
The film tells the story of Eric Ravilious, a renowned British Official War Artist, who tragically lost his life in a plane crash over Iceland in 1942.
