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"--

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Prologue
Chapter 1. "I had chosen my own battleground. Well...up to a point."
Chapter 2. "My main duty was to be tethered by the ears to the radio."
Chapter 3. "New York ... is simply magnificent."
Chapter 4. "I am not seeking financial gain or desirous of leaving the sea."
Chapter 5. "I didn't feel panicked so much as angry that this should happen to me when I had so much I wanted to do."
Chapter 6. "[I was] helping to undermine the enemy in the Middle East and the Balkans."
Chapter 7. "No one dare interrupt during this job. Time is so valuable for this short period each day the pressure is tremendous."
Chapter 8. "In political warfare we achieved combined staffs long before the armed forces thought of doing so."
Chapter 9. "[PWE produced] countless millions of copies of a vast collection of ... special newspapers, magazines, leaflets and miniature books."
Chapter 10. "All these things evolve through a process of constructive thinking. It's not just mad, wild inspiration."
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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