"The painting was executed in the artist's studio between 1919 and 1920 from sketches made on Passchendaele Ridge." image: A view over the Ypres salient. There are several flooded shell-holes and trenches. The landscape has a devastated and surreal quality, with half recognisable debris littering the ground. In contrast, the upper half of the painting is filled with a clear sky and low covering of cloud.