Lizzie Lilley
Pied Piper - 1939
Oil on board
40.6 x 40.6cm
Copyright The Artist
The subject of this work is the protection of children during WWII by sending them to the countryside, the operation named Pied Piper. My Nan grew up on a rural...
The subject of this work is the protection of children during WWII by sending them to the countryside, the operation named Pied Piper. My Nan grew up on a rural farm in Gloucestershire and had some of these young visitors. I think there is a parallel that can be drawn with those seeking similar protection today, families being separated and not faring as well/having the luxury of idyllic countryside havens (not that every experience would have been so!).