painting, Windy Day in the British Assault Area
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-4123
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
1944 Battle of Normandy - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Law , D.S.C., C.D.*, Commander Charles Anthony Francis
- Date Made 1944
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/01/01
- Latest 1944/12/31
- Medium oil
- Support canvas
- Materials Not applicable
- Service Component Royal Navy
- Measurements Height 76.2 cm, Width 102.0 cm
- Caption C. Anthony Law (1916 - 1996)
- Additional Information Commander Anthony Law, DSC, RCN was one of Canada's most notable naval official war artists of the Second World War. He was unique in that he served as a naval officer throughout the conflict and in the period after the war. He retired in 1966. During his long and distinguished career as a naval officer he also worked as a professional artist. As a young man in the early war years, he served on a number of motor torpedo boats in the English Channel, and was involved in the action against the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in 1942. In this period he still found time to paint, usually when ashore during refits. In 1943, for example, he received a temporary assignment that enabled him to record some of Canada's more notable vessels, including HMCS Haida, Chaudière, Huron, and Restigouche. The Canadian War Museum collection includes some exuberant sketches of Law's shipmates, the vessels on which he served, and the ports he visited during this period.