Napier Waller

Lot 13: MERVYN NAPIER-WALLER (1893 - 1972) - Caught on the Skyline 18 x 24 cm

Name: MERVYN NAPIER-WALLER (1893 - 1972) - Caught on the Skyline 18 x 24 cm
Brand: Lawsons
SKU: 262wx3wubs

Est: $6,000 AUD - $10,000 AUDSold:

LawsonsAnnandale, AustraliaApril 30, 2007

Item Overview

Description

MERVYN NAPIER-WALLER (1893 - 1972)
Caught on the Skyline
watercolour
18 x 24 cm
signed lower right: M. Napier Waller

Artist or Maker

Napier Waller

Notes

Provenance:
Exhibition of sketches of his life on a transport, in training in England and on Active Service by Bombardier M. N. Waller, late 111th Howitzer Battery, 4th Division, A.I.F
The Fine Art Society''s Gallery, Melbourne, 8 August - 17 August 1918

In May 1916, Waller embarked on HMS Medic to England via Durban, to complete his military training on Salisbury Plain. At the end of 1916 he left for active service in France with the 111th Howitzer Battery and took part in a number of battles on the front line until May 1917, when he lost his right arm at the shoulder, at Bullecourt. During convalescence, he learnt to draw with his left hand and upon his return to Australia in November 1917, completed a series of war sketches. These were exhibited in 1918 and 1919 at the Fine Arts Society in Melbourne, Anthony Hordern''s in Sydney, the Adelaide Society of Artists and also in Hobart.

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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