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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.

Anne Newland watercolour study for a proposed mural of the camouflage workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

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.

Richard Carline aerial view painting of Baghdad and the River Tigris, © The Estate of Richard Carline / Bridgeman Images. / RAF Museum

Evoluzioni Spiraliche di Aerei [Spiralling Evolutions of Aeroplanes] by Enrico Castello ('Chin'), oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00561

In 1918 Italian Futurist painter Enrico Castello, otherwise known as ‘Chin’, represented this combative vision after serving as a fighter pilot. That year, at the end of the war, poet Filippo Marinetti revived the Futurist art movement he had founded in Milan in 1909.

Enrico Castello ('Chin') oil painting of an Italian aircraft over a coastal landscape, RAF Museum

RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1803

Cundall produced a series of panoramic views of Admiralty and Air Ministry subjects for his Official War Artist commissions in the Second World War. In this work a large cohort of RAF wireless operators undergo initial training to decipher Morse Code.

RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

The Bastard Word Studies by Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press, graphite on Fabriano paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, X008-7568

Fiona Banner's art explores the relationship between language and conflict. Her suite of drawings, The Bastard Word Studies, signifies how the failure of language fuels war.

The Bastard Word Studies by Fiona Banner, graphite on paper, 2006-7., Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press / RAF Museum

Yours Till the Boys Come Home (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, screenprint

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05412

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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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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Merry Christmas with T-1 Space Suits (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05398

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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A New Brand of Brilliance (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05399

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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Fun Helped Them Fight (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05373

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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