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John Armstrong

John Armstrong

British, 1893–1973

WA-00026014

Mixed MediaSurrealismRealism

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

9

Works in Collection

17

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ19325186 ULAN500027012

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

Britain at War

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

Field Verification (3 fields)

3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityDuplicate Merge· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/226
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (9)

Tocsin III

1967 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 711 x 914 mm frame: 751 x 957 x 45 mm

Coggeshall Church, Essex

Coggeshall Church, Essex

1940 · Tempera on wood

support: 571 x 381 mm frame: 735 x 550 x 70 mm

Icarus

1940 · Tempera on board

support: 533 x 375 mm

Dreaming Head

1938 · Tempera on wood

support: 478 x 794 mm frame: 654 x 966 x 84 mm

You Can Be Sure of Shell - Artists Prefer Shell

You Can Be Sure of Shell - Artists Prefer Shell

1933 · Lithograph

30 x 45" (76.2 x 114.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

You Can Be Sure of Shell - Artists Prefer Shell

You Can Be Sure of Shell - Artists Prefer Shell

1933 · Lithograph

30 x 45" (76.2 x 114.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Newlands Corner. Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell

Newlands Corner. Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell

1932 · Lithograph

30 x 45" (76.2 x 114.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Newlands Corner. Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell

Newlands Corner. Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell

1932 · Lithograph

30 x 45" (76.2 x 114.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Newlands Corner. Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell

1932 · Lithograph

30 x 45" (76.2 x 114.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

9 published of 14 catalogued · 12 with image

MoMA
5 publishedof 10 catalogued8 img
Tate
4 published4 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Tocsin III
1967 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Coggeshall Church, Essex
1940 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Icarus
1940 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Dreaming Head
1938 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Target (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Target (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Movements2

Surrealism Realism

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Tate

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Britain at War

New York · 1941