British Post-Impressionism
SOLDCharles Pears (1873-1958):
Searchlight Practice, 1940
Framed (ref: 1120)
Signed
Oil on panel
20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
See all works by Charles Pears oil panel maritime war WW2 bis
Provenance: Laporte Corporate Collection 2002; Private Collection.
Exhibited: WW2 - War Pictures by British Artists, Morley College London, 28 October -23 November 2016, cat 11.
Literature: WW2 - War Pictures by British Artists, Edited by Sacha Llewellyn & Paul Liss, July 2016, cat 11, page 47.
Pears was an Official War Artist for the Admiralty during WWI, a position he repeated during WW2.
