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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Airport (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05406

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

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It Happened to Us! by Carel Weight, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00793

After writing to the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) in December 1939, asking to become an Official War Artist, Carel Weight received a commission to represent ‘bombing in a suburban district with people still going about their daily affairs’.

Carel Weight painting of Wimbledon trolley bus pursued by a Luftwaffe fighter and bomber aircraft, © The Estate of Carel Weight. All Rights Reserved 2020 / Bridgeman Images / RAF Museum

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