Painting war : George Plante's combat art in World War II /

Painting war : George Plante's combat art in World War II /

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Author / Creator:Williams, Kathleen Broome, 1944- author.
Imprint:Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2019]
Description:xiv, 278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Plante, George, -- 1914-1995
World War (1939-1945)
War artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Commercial artists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.
Commercial artists.
War artists.
Great Britain.
Art.
Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11892434
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ISBN:9781682474266
1682474267
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Scottish artist George Plante did not enter World War II as an artist but as a volunteer radio operator in the British merchant fleet. There he spent more than two years engaged in the long-running and fierce Battle of the Atlantic, splitting his time between Britain and the United States. But while dodging U-boats and battling the elements, he also painted"--

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