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Submarine pens at Brest

Michael Forster (1907-2002)
Submarine pens at Brest, Michael Forster, Canadian War Museum, 19710261-6169

Forster's war art is very often based on photographs. On assignment for the war art program, he routinely took numerous photographs and sketched as well. Large works on paper were subsequently completed in his London studio. His compositions show the influence of British official war artists Graham Sutherland and John Piper.

Gouache and chalk on paper 64.7 x 87.2 cm
Painted in 1945
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
Canadian War Museum 19710261-6169

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