York Art Gallery hosts 'incredibly moving' World War One art

A French Highway by John Nash shows soldiers marching (detail)

An exhibition of 60 "incredibly moving" British paintings of World War One are to go on show.

Curators said the some of the works at York Art Gallery, from the Imperial War Museums, have been brought together for the first time since 1919.

Laura Turner, for the museum, said it was the only venue outside London for the "incredibly moving collection".

The exhibition, Truth and Memory, opens on Friday and includes paintings by Paul Nash and Stanley Spencer.

Ms Turner said: "The pictures have helped shape the nation's perception of the conflict and war itself."

Wold War One began in 1914 and fighting raged across the world until the armistice on 11 November 1918.

Paul Nash's interpretations of Western Front landscapes show a despairing view

World War One's carnage lasted more than four years

Paul Nash's pictures of Western Front landscapes show a despairing view of war.

His We Are Making a New World, 1918, shows the devastation of the landscape and the unseen cost to humanity.

The exhibition also has art created on the home front, showing factory work and the dangerous conditions many women endured in supporting the nation's war effort.

Laura Turner said the exhibition was "incredibly moving"