Airmen's Quarters, 1945 August, by Max Newton

129.0021 Airmens Quarters.jpg

Identifier

129.0021

Title

Airmen's Quarters, 1945 August, by Max Newton

Date

1945 August

Creator

Max Newton (1919-1975)

Type

still image

Format

watercolour with pencil and ink on paper; dimensions unknown

Source

Whereabouts unknown; photograph scanned from RAAF War Paintings Exhibition catalogue, 1946, p. 13

Description

Signed and dated in black pen lower right, recto: ‘Max Newton 45'.

Subject

War artists -- Australia -- 20th century. Australia -- History, Military. War in art. World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war. World War, 1939-1945 -- Malaysia.

Rights

© Max Newton Estate.
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Contributor

Jane Eckett

Original Format

painting

Where created

Labuan, Malaysia

Exhibited

RAAF War Paintings Exhibition [Harold Freedman, Eric Thake, Max Newton], Canberra: Royal Australian Air Force; exhibition toured Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria; Sydney: National Art Gallery of New South Wales; Brisbane: Queensland National Art Gallery; Adelaide: National Gallery of South Australia; Perth: Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia; Hobart: The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, touring exhibition, 1946, catalogue no. 96 (as Airmen's Quarters, watercolour August 1945, Airmen of 1st T.A.F. Labaun take pride in the regular maintenance of their living quarters).

Bibliographic citation

RAAF War Paintings Exhibition, Canberra: Royal Australian Air Force, 1946, illustrated p. 13

Photograph (i)

Royal Australian Air Force

Date submitted

29 December 2020

Date modified

29 December 2020

Citation

Max Newton (1919-1975), “Airmen's Quarters, 1945 August, by Max Newton,” The Abbey Art Centre Digital Repository, accessed November 16, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/abbey-art-centre/items/show/680.