Beauty of killing fields inspires vet's grandson to art prize success

By Andrew Taylor
Updated April 24 2014 - 8:13am, first published 3:00am
Artist Idris Murphy poses for a photograph with his artwork <i>Gallipoli Evening 2013</i>. Photo: Sasha Woolley
Artist Idris Murphy poses for a photograph with his artwork <i>Gallipoli Evening 2013</i>. Photo: Sasha Woolley
Idris Charles Pike and Violet Clapson. Photo: Joel Meares
Idris Charles Pike and Violet Clapson. Photo: Joel Meares

When Idris Murphy travelled to Gallipoli last year with a group of artists, the landscape painter carried letters written by a man he had never met but whose name he inherited.