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Jeune Francais, vous pouvez accomplir votre service militaire legal comme pilote d'avions by Alfred Ballot-Beaupré, lithograph
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA10242
Translation: ‘As a young Frenchman, you can complete your statutory military service as an aircraft pilot’'. This is a recruitment poster for the Armée de l’Air, the air force of the French Army.
Photo Op by kennardphillipps, photomontage: digital inkjet print on paper
Fine Art, In Storage, X008-9481
This photomontage by Peter Kennard and Cat Phillipps - collectively known as kennardphillipps - is a satirical reflection on former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s decision for Britain to invade Iraq with the United States and an example of protest art made in opposition to the Iraq War (2003-11).
Icarus [also known as Upright Icarus] by John Armstrong, oil on canvas
Fine Art, In Storage, FA00263
This is one of over 30 semi-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.
Hull Shop by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas
Fine Art, In Storage, FA00999
This is one of seven paintings Andrews made about boat building, which she developed after the war from wartime sketches taken while working for the British Power Boat Company in Hythe, Southampton, which built high-speed launch craft for RAF air sea rescue missions.
Taube Pursued by Commander Samson by C.R.W. Nevinson, oil on canvas
Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00842
In 1915, after volunteering as an ambulance driver in Dunkirk, Nevinson painted this imagined vision of Air Commodore Samson’s command. Samson’s Royal Naval Air Squadron had aggressively patrolled the French city against German reconnaissance.
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.
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.
Acetylene Welder (from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals - Building Aircraft) by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph
Fine Art, In Storage, FA04044
Nevinson made this print in 1917 as part of an ambitious multi-artist lithographic project known as 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals' - a propagandist publishing scheme commissioned by the government’s Department of Information. For the 'Efforts' side of the series, nine artists each made six prints on assigned themes. Nevinson's theme was Building Aircraft, while others included Making Soldiers, Making Sailors (curiously there was no ‘Making Airmen’), Making Guns, and Building Ships. The aim of the series was to persuade people to contribute to the war effort, as serving personnel in the Armed Forces, factory workers or fabricators.
Swooping Down on a Taube (from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals - Building Aircraft) by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph
Fine Art, In Storage, FA04043
Nevinson made this print in 1917 as part of an ambitious multi-artist lithographic project known as 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals' - a propagandist publishing scheme commissioned by the government’s Department of Information. For the 'Efforts' side of the series, nine artists each made six prints on assigned themes. Nevinson's theme was Building Aircraft, while others included Making Soldiers, Making Sailors (curiously there was no ‘Making Airmen’), Making Guns, and Building Ships. The aim of the series was to persuade people to contribute to the war effort, as serving personnel in the Armed Forces, factory workers or fabricators.
Banking at 4000 Feet (from The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals - Building Aircraft) by C.R.W. Nevinson, lithograph
Fine Art, In Storage, FA04048
Nevinson made this print in 1917 as part of an ambitious multi-artist lithographic project known as 'The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals' - a propagandist publishing scheme commissioned by the government’s Department of Information. For the 'Efforts' side of the series, nine artists each made six prints on assigned themes. Nevinson's theme was Building Aircraft, while others included Making Soldiers, Making Sailors (curiously there was no ‘Making Airmen’), Making Guns, and Building Ships. The aim of the series was to persuade people to contribute to the war effort, as serving personnel in the Armed Forces, factory workers or fabricators.
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