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An Aircraft Woman, Aston Down by William Rothenstein, sanguine chalk on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, FA04390
This is one of over 200 portraits William Rothenstein made of RAF personnel between 1939 and 1941, independently of the Official War Artists’ scheme.
Wellington Bomber Drawn on the Day Hitler Invaded Belgium by Paul Nash, watercolour on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1761
This watercolour is part of ‘Aerial Creatures’, the second exhibited series of work by Paul Nash on Air Ministry subjects commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. The composition is based upon Nash's photograph of a partially covered Wellington bomber which he took when visiting an airfield (Tate Collection).
The Battle of Britain by Paul Nash, lithograph
Fine Art, In Storage, FA01314
This print published by the National Gallery was lithographically produced at the Curwen Press after Paul Nash's major oil painting, 'The Battle of Britain' (1941, Imperial War Museums). This was one of four ambitious, large-scale war pictures Nash painted for the Ministry of Information (MOI) as an Official War Artist.
Halifax Attack by Paul Nash, watercolour and chalk on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, FA02819
This is one of a number of watercolours Paul Nash produced when commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee as the Air Ministry’s Official War Artist from March to December 1940.
Mural Study (squared up) of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (VI) by Anne Newland, graphite and watercolour on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01379
During the Second World War mural painter Anne Newland worked for the Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment in the Midlands. Its aim was to conceal major British buildings from enemy sight, preventing their destruction from air raids.
Lacing the Valise of a New Balloon by Robert Austin, charcoal on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1877
In this drawing, Robert Austin illustrates women placing a new barrage balloon into a bag for safe storage. It is one of several large-scale exhibition drawings he was commissioned to produce for the War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC). with RAF Balloon Command.
Pilot Officer A C Cochrane 'J P' C by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal and chalk on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, FA03298
This portrait is one of many that the Air Ministry commissioned from Cuthbert Orde, independently of the War Artists' Advisory Committee, to promote the contributions of Fighter Command pilots during the Battle of Britain.
Baghdad and the River Tigris from 10000 ft Looking North Towards Khadimain by Richard Carline, oil on canvas
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00893
Richard and his elder brother Sydney became Official War Artists of RAF subjects in 1918 after serving as a wireless operator and a fighter pilot respectively – Richard in France and Sydney in Italy.
Destruction at Holborn Viaduct - City Temple and St. Andrew's, Holborn by Gladys Baker, oil on canvas board
Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9642
This ruin scene by the landscape painter Gladys Baker represents bomb damage to City Temple and St Andrew Holborn church during the London Blitz of 1941.
Plane Graveyard by John Armstrong, tempera on canvas
Fine Art, In Storage, FA00005
In the Second World War, painter John Armstrong was commissioned to represent scenes of ‘Debris and Demolition’. Besides painting bombed houses, from 1941–1942 he turned to depicting crashed German aircraft.
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