Showing 51 to 60 of 66 search results
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.
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.
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).
Filter results by: Hide filters