hem with a livelihood during the period of war.6 In addition to employing full-time artists the WAAC bought and commissioned work from others who were not permanently employed by them.7 Over a six-year period, the WAAC purchased some 5,500 works from more than 300 artists, among them Edward Ardizzone (salaried and sent to France), Henry Moore (his famous ???Shelter Sketches???), Paul Nash, John Pi