1943 Exhibition of British war pictures exhibition

WALTER BAYES. CHARLES CUNDALL, A.R.A. L. DUFFY. ROGER FURSE. 10. T H E ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLE SCHOOL. 17. MINESWEEPERS. 2 1 . CASUALTY No. 1. 28. SAILOR WASHING. LUNCH ON THE DRIVING GROUNDS. Oil. 16 x 24. Oil. 18 x 22. Sepia Wash. 171 x 113. Oil. 29 x 453. A picture of fishing trawlers now engaged on the This work, painted by an artist employed on civil Tank crews enjoying a short respite during a period dangerous task of minesweeping. camouflage, shows with forceful realism how the 29. T W I N BROTHERS FROM N E W ZEALAND WHO ARE German air attack strikes at the civil population. o f s t r e n u o u s t r a i n i n g . SERVING IN THE ROYAL NAVY. * 16. BUILDING SUBMARINES. Pencil. 134 x 17. Oil. 20 x 26. Two sketches by an artist who is himself serving in the Royal Navy. Privileged to visit a shipyard engaged in the BARNETT FREEDMAN. SIR MUIRHEAD BONE. important work of submarine construction, the artist painted this interesting view of the interior of 22. G U N S UNDER CAMOUFLAGE. 11. T H E RETURN FROM DUNKIRK. the sheds. Oil. 97 x 43. Chalk, Wash and Pen. 221 x 303. A coast defence battery in Britain under camouflage ETHEL GABAIN. The artist witnessed the arrival at Dover of troops netting. 17. HAMPDENS. T H E T A K E OFF. return 30, A I R RAID PRECAUTIONS WORKERS IN A CITY of the diverse craft which took part in the operation. ing from Dunkirk. This drawing shows some Oil. 28 x 50. CANTEEN R U N BY THE WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY British bombers on the point cf leaving an aerodrome SERVICES. Lithograph. 123 x 16. at sundown to attack enemy targets. 12. WHEELHOUSE OF THE S.S. Cameronia. HUBERT FREETH. Charcoal. 233 x 181. 31. A HOSPITAL SUPPLY DEPOT. 23. BEFORE DEPARTURE, FEBRUARY, 1941. On the bridge of one of Britain's great passenger Was/i. 93 x 14. Lithograph. 113 x 163. and cargo ships. The pilot in charge is Duncan Two lithographs portraying different aspects of Cameron. He piloted Queen Mary and Queen FRANCIS DODD, R. A. the civilian contribution to the war. The first shows Elizaheth on their maiden voyages to the sea. Behind a member of the Women's Voluntary Services waiting him is the quartermaster and beyond is the artist's 18. HEAD TURNING. 24. O N THE WAY. Water Colour. 93 14. on A.R.P. workers in the City of London, and the brother, Captain David W. Bone. In the distance Pencil. 103 X 141. second a roomful of hardworking volunteers making at the end of the bridge is the first officer of the ship. These two sketches are by an artist now serving as a articles for use in hospitals. combatant officer in the Middle East and were made 19. MA K I N G DETONATORS. on a transport which carried Australian and New 13. M I N E - L A Y I N G ; THE LAST OF THE LAY. Pencil. 141 x 103. Zealand troops from Britain to North Africa. 32. T H E FIRE DRILL. Lithograph. 17 x 12. Charcoal. 21 30. Two drawings showing some of the vital work The artist has caught a detachment of fire fighters Inside the minelayer sailors guide the last of a done by women in munition factories. Each of the 25. A DIGGER. Pencil. 14 91. and rescue workers at practice. They are series of mines along rails to the side of the ship, individual workers shown in these drawings has been demonstrating how a trapped person may be lowered preparatory to their beng dropped into a rough sea. faithfully portrayed, as are the operations they are A character study of an Australian soldier, drawn from an upper window. Note the stirrup pump in performing. by the artist while on the way out from England to the foreground. the Middle East. 33. T H E EVACUATION OF CHILDREN FROM SOUTHEND, 26. GENERALE BERGONZOLI. Pencil. 13 SUNDAY, 2 N D JUNE, 1940. RAYMOND COXON. WILLIAM DRING. . 3 x 8 Lithograph. 123 x 203. 14. HORSE GUARDS' RIDING SCHOOL. 20. PETTY OFFICER L. C. MCKINNON, R.A.N. 27. GENERALE NEGRONI. Southend is classed as an "unhealthy" coastal Oil. 20 x 30. area, and is one of the 120 OC so evacuation areas- Pastel. 133 x 93. Pencil. 17 x 124 Although the Army is largely mechanised, there is . most of the others being densely crowded industrial These two drawings of Italian generals were made cities and towns. The children, after being still a place for cavalry, as will be seen in this picture An Australian petty officer who has seen active by Lieutenant Freeth soon after the generals were marshalled at the school assembly points, arrive at of riding instruction, service in His Majesty's Australian Ship Vampire, captured in Libya. the entraining stations in the charge of their teachers 16 17