From where I left off yesterday, another look into Lebreton Gallery. The painting I finished with yesterday is at upper left.
No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital At Douliens is by Gerald Moira. The painting hangs high overhead.
This view looks up the ramp. Note the angled walls, a deliberate part of the architecture.
Canadian Headquarters Staff was painted by Harold Nicholson in 1918.
Canada's Grand Armada 1914 was painted by Frederick Challener in 1919.
The Second World War saw the rise of plane nosecone art, painted by crews onto fighters and bombers. Some were of women, some were of home, some humorous, and some defiant. A number of them are here.
The paintings seem to be too high up for visitors to have a good view of them.
ReplyDeleteFun60 is right, why did they do that?
ReplyDeleteThe nosecone art is intriguing.
ReplyDeleteImpressive architecture.
ReplyDeleteI like the nose cone art, nice exhibit.
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.
...military art is an interesting genre.
ReplyDelete@fun60: they are best seen in person. The size of the canvas and the angle of the wall allows for different placement.
ReplyDelete@Iris: the only drawback with some of the painting placement is you're not close enough to see the brush strokes.
@italiafinlandia: me too.
@Gemel: it fits its subject.
@Eileen: thank you.
@Tom: it is indeed.
The architecture is really interesting but it does seem like the paintings aren't placed as well as they could be.
ReplyDeleteThe nose cone art is always interesting to see.
ReplyDeleteI saw an awesome nosecone yesterday (I don’t think it was here, but …). It was a tiger. Fab job.
ReplyDeleteThe architecture looks quite powerful.
ReplyDeleteI like the nose cone art, it's very different.
ReplyDeleteCreative art and display ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you lots of laughter in your day,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
@Jeanie: it's different in person.
ReplyDelete@Sharon: I always like them.
@Anvilcloud: thank you.
@RedPat: it does indeed.
@Bill: quite so.
@Carol: thanks.
I like that nose cone art. Hope the week improves, William.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a hard few days.
DeleteBuena selección de cuadros. El que más me ha gustado es el de la fotografía número 3
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThat nose cone art is very special.
ReplyDeleteI think so.
DeleteWalking with those walls makes my imagination lean. The walls are art in themselves. You took neat pictures.
ReplyDeletePrayers for a solution to end the harassment in your streets.
Good grief, as I type, (edited) is on the news.
Trumplethinskin, I assume?
DeleteThe leaning walls increase the anxiety of the situation.
ReplyDeleteThey do.
DeleteThose leaning walls remind me of climbing to the top of St. Peter's in Rome. Leaning walls make for interesting times!
ReplyDeleteI can see that.
DeleteBeautiful art and amazing angled walls!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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