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Speed, Moment of Force by Paul Sayers, oil on canvas
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA02073
This is one of twelve paintings Sayers made to commemorate the Battle of Britain, which he first exhibited at London’s Barbican Centre before touring them to the RAF Museum in 1990.
Augsburg Raid, April 17 1942 by Paul Nash, watercolour and gouache on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00985
Famed for his First World War works, in 1940 Nash was invited again to become an Official War Artist for the revived scheme chaired by Sir Kenneth Clark. When Clark’s War Artists’ Advisory Committee assigned him to the Air Ministry Nash made propagandist watercolours of RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft.
No. 19 Air Flight over Wytschaete by Paul Nash, watercolour, gouache and chalk on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00848
From February 1917, Nash served with the Hampshire Regiment in the trenches of Flanders, on the Western Front. This is one of 50 drawings he made of the Ypres Salient battlefields that November, when he returned to the Front after injury, now serving as an Official War Artist.
Winged Figure: Icarus by John Armstrong, tempera on canvas
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00261
This is one of many abstract works on the Greek mythological theme of Icarus which British Surrealist John Armstrong made between 1939 and 1968, spanning the Second World War to the Cold War.
Pegu Airstrip: Afternoon Storm by Thomas Hennell, graphite and watercolour on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1859
After Eric Ravilious’ death, Hennell, an esteemed watercolourist, replaced him in an Official War Artist's Admiralty assignment to Iceland. Then from May 1945 he undertook a six-month commission with the Air Ministry in India and Burma (now Myanmar), sending watercolours to London ‘via the hand of a squadron leader’.
Veteran Mechanic by Robert Austin, charcoal and pastel on paper
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1903
From the Air Ministry allocation of works from the War Artists' Advisory Committee, 1947. Original accession number: LD607. On loan from the RAF Air Historical Branch (MOD).
A Group of Polish Pilots by Patrick Procktor, oil on canvas
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05630
In 1964 Patrick Procktor was one of the 'New Generation' of exciting young artists, celebrated in the Whitechapel Art Gallery’s exhibition of that title. The exhibition also championed the work of his friend David Hockney, and Bridget Riley and Patrick Caulfield, among others. Although he was respected in the 1960s art scene, he did not follow dominant artworld trends, choosing conventional genres including portraiture and travel landscapes. Prockor, who was gay, mostly painted men.
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