We Are Making A New World by Paul Nash (1918) — Poster

A barren landscape of mud and water fills the frame in Paul Nash's We Are Making a New World. No trees, buildings, or people remain, just the scars of war. The painting's title, given by the artist, is bitterly ironic. The sky is a sickly yellow, the earth a churned brown. Distant pools of water reflect the empty horizon. Nash reduces the scene to its essential elements, creating a stark and desolate vision of a world stripped bare. The absence of life is palpable, the silence almost audible. This poster suits a study or library, where its stark vision can provoke thought and conversation. It demands space to breathe.