Lot 20: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT VERNON JONES (1908-2002 ) - Battle of Retimo, Crete 20 May 1941, the German Airborne attack on the Australian 2nd...

Name: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT VERNON JONES (1908-2002 ) - Battle of Retimo, Crete 20 May 1941, the German Airborne attack on the Australian 2nd...
Brand: Lawsons
SKU: yu3w83d9jx

Est: $5,000 AUD - $8,000 AUDSold:

LawsonsAnnandale, AustraliaApril 30, 2007

Item Overview

Description

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT VERNON JONES (1908-2002 )
Battle of Retimo, Crete 20 May 1941, the German Airborne attack on the Australian 2nd 11th and 2nd 1st Battalions
watercolour
46 x 76 cm
signed lower left: Vernon Jones

Artist or Maker

Vernon Samuel Charles Jones

Notes

inscribed verso: this is a montage of my working sketch of the German attack on the Australian 2nd 11 and 2nd 1st Italian, Crete May 20 1941

Provenance:
Collection of the artist''s family

Vernon Samuel Charles Jones born in Melbourne was display manager for T.S Gill and Son P/L South Yarra from 1930 where Albert Tucker was his assistant. He became Australia wide artist for Fayrefield Hats until late 1940. There he employed Sidney Nolan (1934 - 38). From 1942 - 1945 JOnes as an unofficial war artist produced an amazing group of RAAF paintings in the South West Pacific. The subjects included 165 portraits of such major figures as the fighter ace Group Captain (later Air Commodore) Edwin (Ted) Fyfe. He also painted sky battles, landings and finely observed drawings. He has been recognised by a retrospective exhibition at the Shrine of Remeberance , Melbourne 2005-06, opened by Geoffrey Blainey.

Auction Details

LM Paintings Pt 1 - The Art of War

Lawsons

April 30, 2007, 03:00 PM EST

1A The Crescent, Annandale, NSW, 2038, AU

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