A Merchantman at Catania

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Bernard Hailstone was born in Hadlow, Kent, and lived in the Kentish village all his life. He was educated at Tonbridge School and Goldsmith’s College of Art in London. He also attended the Royal Academy Schools. Between1940 and 1941 he became an official war artist to the Ministry of Transport recording life on board naval convoys in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. After the war Hailstone turned his attention to portraits and became known for his portraits of royalty, members of the Armed Services, musicians and actors. He created memorable portraits of Sir Winston Churchill and Peter Ustinov, while his portrait of Lord Olivier hangs in the bar of the Garrick Club.

Places

Mediterranean Sea, Italy, Catania, Sicily

Subjects

cart, lorry/truck, topography, WW2 art, seascape/coastal scene, townscape/cityscape, hill, man, military uniform, basket, ensign (ship), sailor (navy), soldier, World War II, harbour, dome, Merchantman, ship

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Bernard Hailstone (1910 - 1987)

Title

A Merchantman at Catania

Date

1943

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 62.00 cm, width: 76.50 cm

Acquisition

Presented via the Imperial War Museum, War Artists' Advisory Committee, April 1946

Inscription

verso right stretcher bar: A Merchantman at Catania 1943

GAC number

143