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Premonition by Walter Nessler, oil on wood

Fine Art, In Storage, FA05591

Walter Nessler painted ‘Premonition’, his most notable work, after fleeing Nazi Germany. He became preoccupied by the Nazi-Fascist bombing of the Basque Country during the Spanish Civil War, memorialised in Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ (1937).

Premonition by Walter Nessler, oil on wood, The artist's estate / RAF Museum

Fun Helped Them Fight (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05373

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

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View of the Blitz by Mary Viola Paterson, etching

Fine Art, In Storage, FA03406

This etching is an original impression, printed and signed by 'Viola Paterson'. Later impressions, or ‘re-strikes’, were posthumously printed in 1983 by Yvonne Drewry in a folio edition of 150.

Etching of searchlights illuminating the night sky over a city, far away a church glows, and two cones of light search from a, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org © RAF Museum

Sergeant Matthew Cameron, No. 66 Squadron by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA03300

This portrait is one of many that the Air Ministry commissioned from Cuthbert Orde, independently of the War Artists' Advisory Committee, to promote the contributions of Fighter Command pilots during the Battle of Britain.

Sergeant Matthew Cameron, No. 66 Squadron by Cuthbert Orde, charcoal on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Study for Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham by Olga Lehmann, graphite on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, X008-7550

A versatile painter, illustrator and designer, Olga Lehmann was one of few wartime artists who received steady commissions outside of the Official War Artists’ scheme.

Study for BAC Underground Factory, Corsham by Olga Lehmann, The artist's estate

Ferry Pilots by Ethel Gabain, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1883

Ethel Gabain produced two Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) subjects for her Official War Artist commission about ‘women doing men’s work in wartime’. In this work she represents female pilots departing from Hatfield aerodrome in a Tiger Moth.

Ferry Pilots by Ethel Gabain, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

A New Brand of Brilliance (from 'Bunk' portfolio) by Eduardo Paolozzi, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05399

While in the late-1940s austerity measures persisted in Britain, American commodities and advertising, by contrast, reflected the USA’s economic and cultural dominance. They also reflected America’s popular imagination inspired by the emerging jet and space age.

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Soho Palace Theatre by Olga Lehmann, ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X006-0132

This ink drawing is one of several by Olga Lehmann in the collection that document scenes of shelter and bomb damage during the London Blitz (1940–1941).

Soho Palace Theatre by Olga Lehmann, ink on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

The Lightning by Humphrey Ocean, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00991

A decade after his musical explorations with singer Ian Dury’s band Kilburn and the High Roads, painter Humphrey Ocean was commissioned by the RAF Museum to represent the English Electric Lightning F6 aircraft at RAF Binbrook just before its withdrawal from service.

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WRAF Technician Servicing a Helicopter at Shawbury by Boyd & Evans, crayon on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00495

Fionnuala Boyd and Les Evans work inter-dependently as an artistic partnership, at times drawing on the same leaves of paper to realise a shared vision. Photography is central to their practice. In the studio, when away from the subject, they based their drawings on photographs, and today photography is their main medium.

WRAF Technician Servicing A helicopter at Shawbury by Leslie Evans and Fionnuala Boyd, pencil crayon on paper, Boyd & Evans / RAF Museum