No Man's Land: The Battlefield Paintings Of Mary Ritter Hamilton 1919-1922 (1992) By Ian Lark
 
Mary Riter Hamilton (1867–1954) was a Canadian artist. In 1919, she painted the battlefields of France and Belgium, recording the aftermath of World War I.
 
She has been dubbed "Canada’s First Woman Artist", although this is chronologically false
 
During the First World War, Mary Riter Hamilton actively campaigned to return to Europe as a war artist to document Canada’s military contribution. It wasn't until 1919, where H.F. Paton, a Vancouver publisher, began to compile a work entitled 'The Gold Stripe' which collected stories, photographs and memorabilia about the Great War, with proceeds sent to 'The Amputation Club of British Columbia', that commissioned Hamilton to produce paintings of the French battlefields. For three years, she lived in a tin hut, at first with a Canadian army contingent but later with Chinese workers hired to clear the Western Front of the debris of war despite gangs of criminals and deserters. She painted on canvases as various as plywood, paper, canvas and cardboard. The makeshift shelters, poor food and hostile weather left her emotionally and physically drained, never being able to paint with the same intensity again. Between 1919 and 1922, Hamilton painted with whatever materials came to hand, recording the destruction left by the war, the commemorations of those lost and the celebrations of the return to normal life. She painted more than 300 images in the uncomfortable and sometimes dangerous conditions of the former Western Front. The War Amps would later produce an award-winning documentary called 'No Man's Land', re-telling Mary Riter Hamilton's story.
 
This is the book that covers this work.
 
Soft Cover
40 pages
In Fair to Good Condition