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Raid on Vaagso, Norway, 26 - 27 December 1941
1941
oil on canvas
76.2h x 127w (cm)
Narrative
Official War Artist
Wartime
Weather | Storm | Wind | Rain | Snow | Mist | Fog
Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Birds Eye View
Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
Commissioned Works
- RE diary entry - REP17th March 1942: Discovers from accounts of the Vaagso raid that his cousin Will Byles was in command of the “Prince Leopold” .
29th June 1942: “Began painting again on the Vaagso picture. It is going to be extremely difficult fitting the warships into the left hand corner as their lines disturb the rhythm of the centre of the painting.”
12th July 1942: Will Byles approves the painting of Vaagso.. “ He said it was ‘it’.”
22nd October 1942: " War paintings at NG: “My painting of ‘Vaagso’ and ‘Destroyer Rescuing Shipwrecked Crew’ were hung between Henry Moore’s Coal Mine drawings so they looked rather well. Sir Kenneth Clark asked me how I liked the hanging. Had my photo taken by the press in front of Vaagso."
Provenance & Events
References:
Reviews
- "Vogue"; [March 1943, illustrated]
- "The Tatler and Bystander"; [November 4, 1942. ill. p131]
- "Illustrated London News"; [31 October 1942, illustrated]
Collections
- "Imperial War Museum"; [link]
Archive
- "Art UK"; [artuk.org]
Other
- "Art UK Curations 3"; [Artists and wartime places: Richard Eurich | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]
- "Art UK Curations 2"; [A Year through Art: December | curated by David Saywell, Head of Digital Assets, Art UK]
