The centenary of the beginning of the First World War will be
marked in many ways across Europe, and one of the first examples is in
Avignon, which is staging an exhibition of the drawings of the Belgian
symbolist artist Henry de Groux.
Born in 1866, de Groux would have been too old to fight in the
war, but he spent time at the front in the Marne and hauntingly captured
the horrors he saw there. Around 40 of his powerful pieces are on display in the foyer of the Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall) from 7 February to 9 March.
Pictured above: L'Assaut, Verdun
. And there's plenty more to come in the course of the year.
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