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Object Number 19710261-1072
Event 1939-1945 Second World War
1939-1945 Battle of the Atlantic
Affiliation --
Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Brooks, Lieutenant Frank Leonard
M. Grumbacher
Date Made 1944

Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
Category Communication artifacts
Sub-category Documentary artifact
Art
Department Art and Memorials
Museum CWM
Earliest 1944/01/01
Latest 1944/12/31
Inscription (cover/couvercle) LEONARD BROOKS A.R.C.A. S/LT. R.C.N.V.R. For Everyone G The Outstanding ARTCRAFT BRISTOL BOARD MEDIUM SURFACE No. 7122 SIZE 11 X 14 20 SHEETS MADE IN U.S.A. by M. GRUMBACHER NEW YORK (p1) Lookout Convoy - Oct - 44 - (p2) RCNO 244 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "CONVOY LOOKOUT" PHOTO. NO: HN 2107 Artist Lieut F.L. Brooks Title Convoy Lookout Property of Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $ (p3) Seamen. "Listening to Violin." Cherbourg Harbour Nov. 44 T (p4) RCNO 240 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "SEAMEN LISTENING TO MUSIC". PHOTO. NO: H.N. 2105 Artist Lieut F.L. Brooks Title Seamen Listening to Music Property of Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $ (p5) Seaman sleeping between watches - H.M.C.S. COWICHAN. Nov. 30/44. (p6) RCNO 243 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "SLEEPING SEAMAN HMCS "COWICHAN"", PHOTO. NO: HN 2102 Artist Lieut F L Brooks Title Sleeping Seaman Property of Between Watches Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $ (p7) Writing home - H.M.C.S Hespeler (p8) RCNO 245 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "WRITING HOME". PHOTO. NO: H.N. 2101 Artist Lieut F L Brooks Title Writing Home Property of Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $ (p9) Peeling Potatoes - (p10) RCNO 246 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "POTATO PEELERS". PHOTO. NO: H.N. 2100 Artist Lieut F. L Brooks Title (crossed out) Potato Peelers Property of Peeling Potatoes Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $ (p11) G (p12) RCNO 248 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "READING IN THE WARDROOM". PHOTO. NO: HN 2098 Artist Lieut F L Brooks Title Reading in the Wardroom Property of Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $ (p13) On Water North Atlantic Oct/44 (p14 ) RCNO 251 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "ON WATCH NORTH ATLANTIC". PHOTO. NO: HN 2095 Artist Lieut F L Brooks Title On Watch North Atlantic Property of Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $ (p15) Corvette Galley. - 44 (p16) RCNO 252 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "CORVETTE GALLEY HMCS "HESPELER". PHOTO. NO: H.N 2094 Artist Lieut F L Brooks Title Corvette Galley Property of Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $ (p17) Naval Yard Lyness Scapa (p18) RCNO 253 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "NAVAL YARD LYENESS, SCAPA". PHOTO. NO: H.N. 2093 Artist Lieut F L Brooks Title Naval Yard Lyneness, Scapa Property of Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $ (p19) Boom Defence Materials (p20) RCNO 254 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "BOOM DEFENSE MATERIALS," PHOTO. NO: H N 2093 (p21) Waiting for the liberty boat (p22) Going down town Back by - 630 LB RCNO 255 S/Lieut. F.L. Brooks. "WAITING FOR THE LIBERTY BOAT, PLYMOUTH". PHOTO. NO: H.N. 2091 Artist Lieut F L Brooks Title Waiting for The Liberty Boat Property of Return Address The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Insurance Value $
Medium watercolour
ink
charcoal
pencil
pastel
Support paper
Materials Not applicable
Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
Unit HMCS Cowichan
HMCS Hespeler
Measurements Height 37.0 cm, Width 28.5 cm
Related activity Cooking, Walking, Writing

Caption Brooks, Leonard (1911-2011)
Additional Information Primarily a self-taught artist, Brooks enlisted in the RCNVR in 1943. An official war artist from 1944 to 1946, he painted convoy duty, the work of an aircraft carrier, and the activities of minesweepers and motor torpedo boats in Atlantic waters. He subsequently moved to Mexico to paint, teach and write.