Cook-House, 1945 July, by Max Newton

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Cook-House, 1945 July, by Max Newton

1945 July

Max Newton (1919-1975)

still image

watercolour with pencil and ink on paper; dimensions unknown

Whereabouts unknown; photograph scanned from RAAF War Paintings Exhibition catalogue, 1946, p. 15

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

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

© Max Newton Estate.
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Jane Eckett

painting

Morotai Island, Netherlands East Indies

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. 91 (as Cook-House, watercolour July 1945, Constructed mainly of scrap materials, the cookhouse of No. 82 Wing Headquarters, Morotai, was an interesting example of wartime island architecture).

RAAF War Paintings Exhibition, Canberra: Royal Australian Air Force, 1946, illustrated p. 15

Royal Australian Air Force

29 December 2020

29 December 2020