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From a Paris Plane by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00564
From a Paris Plane was first exhibited at the Leicester Galleries, London in October 1930 (cat. no. 29) and published as an edition of 25.
Ground Operational Exercise (GROPE) by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas.
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1756
Leslie Cole’s painting represents a ground operational exercise or 'GROPE' – a form of synthetic training for air crew which, to test concentration, simulated the demanding navigational conditions of a bombing raid.
Excavating Tunnel for RAF Control Rooms: Maltese Miners by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas.
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1834
After selling numerous Home Front pictures to the War Artists’ Advisory Committee, Cole was appointed an Official War Artist. For his first commission in 1943 he recorded the German Siege of Malta in its last months.
Going to be Decorated: Bomber Command by Alfred Reginald Thomson, oil on canvas
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1885
In this work, Bomber Command airmen in a hut celebrate news of their awards for distinguished service. After an evening of drinking, they have left behind an empty decanter and glasses, and have playfully climbed to the rafters of the building.
Statue of Winged Victory From a Photograph by Robert Thomas Griffin, graphite on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05560
This drawing represents the Greek Hellenic sculpture, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, from Paris’ Louvre Museum, recovered from the Aegean Sea in 1863.
Mural Study (squared up) of the Camouflage Workshop, Ministry of Home Security Camouflage Establishment (VIII) by Anne Newland, graphite and watercolour on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA01378
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.
The Winged Life (book cover design) by John Minton, watercolour, gouache and ink on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00565
Minton designed this cover for a biography of the pioneering French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who disappeared in 1944 aboard a reconnaissance flight from Corsica.
Icarus III by Michael Ayron, bronze
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA20038
Although the career of Michael Ayrton – painter, sculptor, writer – defied neat categorisation, classical antiquity and its relevance to modern life was a recurring theme in his work.
Kamikaze Planes Crashing on the Deck of HMS Formidable in Japanese Waters, 1945, by Leonard Rosoman, watercolour and wax crayon on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05610
Prior to his appointment as an Official War Artist, Rosoman had worked for the National Fire Service in London during the Blitz. As a ‘fireman artist’ he developed an artistic language that captured the immediacy and drama of events, with bright contrasting colours and expressive painterly markings.
Crucifixion by Gladys Hynes, oil on cardboard
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA04334
Gladys Hynes painted ‘Crucifixion’ in 1939 as one of several artistic statements against Britain’s declaration of war on Germany.
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