Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1940-1944
Night air raid with Anti aircraft Shells exploding over Oil Tanks
Wimbledon-born Haines was one of the Second World War's 'fireman artists'. This painting depicts an air raid during the war: anti-aircraft shells exploding over Dockland oil tanks are illuminated in the night sky.
The artist's business premises at Wimbledon and his home at Streatham were both destroyed by bombs. Towards the end of the war in 1944, Haines was killed outside a pub when a flying bomb fell on nearby residential houses. At the time of his death, Haines was due to travel to France as part of the National Fire Service Force. Besides firefighting alongside the invasion troops, he had been expected to continue his work as a war artist.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 81.105/1
- Object name:
- Night air raid with Anti aircraft Shells exploding over Oil Tanks
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Haines, Wilfred Stanley
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- Production date:
- 1940-1944
- Material:
oil, canvas
- Measurements/duration:
- H 608 mm, W 460 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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