This selection features masterpieces from the MFA’s superb collection of over 1800 American paintings and miniatures from the 17th century to.While Mozert, at least, was not above mean-girl snarking on friends and celebrities with less-than-ideal figures, she and the other pin-up artists were still blazing. HARK, hearer, hear what I do; lend a thought now, make believe: We are leafwhelmed somewhere with the hood: Of some branchy bunchy bushybowered wood. Photos and History of HMS Dauntless, launched 1918. Page includes photos of the ship and crew, as well as crew lists. MAGAZINE COVER ARTISTS BY TITLE AND ISSUE DATE. LATEST UPDATE: 5 April 2011. The entire contents of this index and database are copyrighted; all rights reserved. His first real link with aviation was when he became a Junkers aircraft apprentice. When war broke out in 1. Luftwaffe and was trained as an airframe mechanic. He made several applications to remuster as aircrew, but his superiors said that an ex- Junkers apprentice was more use to the Luftwaffe on the ground than in the air ! For the duration of the Battle of Britain, Heinz Schmidt served with KG 7. Russian Campaign in 1. John Bauer; Born: John Albert Bauer 4 June 1882 J CBC Digital Archives has an extensive amount of content from Radio and Television, covering a wide range of topics. In that same year his application for pilot training was finally accepted and he quickly found himself on the way to Flugzeugfuhrerschule A/B 2. Kaufbouren for primary flying training. From biplanes he progressed to twin- engined aircraft and finally qualified on the Do 2. In 1. 94. 3 he was posted to KG 1. He 1. 11. When Goring called for Luftwaffe bomber pilots to volunteer for fighter pilot training in 1. Heinz Schmidt lost no time in getting away from KG 1. Limited edition collectible aircraft sculpture from the british studios of diverse images. Mae Murray (May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. Murray rose to fame during the silent film era and was. The stock characters of blackface minstrelsy have played a significant role in disseminating racist images, attitudes and perceptions worldwide. His twin- engine training paid dividends and he quickly learnt to fly the Bf 1. ZG 1. 01 at Memmingen. To his great delight a posting followed to ZG 7. Me 4. 10 Hornet, an aircraft that he loved to fly and greatly respected. At the end of 1. 94. ZG 7. 6 was disbanded and its pilots formed the nucleus of the new III./JG 5. The Last of the Green Hearts'. Operating. from Muncheberg, near Berlin, the unit's Fw 1. Russian ground targets such as, road and rail supply columns, flak positions, armour and the bridges across the River Oder. A few weeks before the war ended, III./JG 5. Heinz Schmidt packed his bags and headed for JG 2 'Richthofen' which had just re- equipped with the Fw 1. D- 9. Happy though he was to fly this excellent fighter, the realities of having to fight an overwhelming enemy with no fuel and ammunition only served to strengthen his will to survive at all costs. When the post- war German Air Force was activated in the mid- fifties, Heinz Schmidt returned as an instructor and trained hundreds of young pilots on the Havard Mk IV and Fouga Magister at FFS 'A' Landsberg. Some ten years later he was commissioned and joined the Flugdienststaffel (Facilities Squadron) at Kaufbeuren, the same base where he had learnt to fly back in 1. His final years before retirement in 1. Captain were spent flying the 'the most harmless aircraft of his career', the Dornier Do 2. Piaggio Pi 1. 49. MESSERSCHMITT Me 2. A- 1a (1. 1. JG7). Me 2. 62. A- 1a Yellow 7. Model price is $2. Watson's group of fighter pilots who became an Air Force Intelligence Team unofficially known as the . Karl- Heinz Becher, Schleswig- Jagel in April 1. Several development programs had been started but that of the night fighter was the only one to see fully operational service. Initially issued with single seat modified fighters 1. Staffel Nachtjagdgeschwader 1. October 1. 94. 4 at Burg near Berlin. Gerhard Stamp with Fw. Karl- Heinz Becher being one of the first to arrive (previously with II./NJG 1. March 1. 94. 5 when they would receive six new two- seater Me 2. B- 1a/U1's each equipped with radar. Heavy bombing of the base at Burg forced the unit to roll their aircraft to the nearby Lubeck- Leck autobahn where they could operate from before finally moving to Schleswig. During May the advance of the allies soon resulted in the and surrender of 1. NJG 1. 1 and the handing over of the aircraft to the British. After examination, the aircraft were over- painted with RAF markings before being shipped for testing. Red 6 was then handed over to the Americans who gave it the designation FE- 6. FE 6. 10 at Freeman Field AAF, Sept. Norm Malayney collection. In its time the Me. B- 1a/U1 represented the pinnacle of aircraft technology in service with the Luftwaffe. SORRY, THIS EDITION IS SOLD OUT. This incredible pewter model of the Fairely Swordfish Mk I depicts the airplane, . Eugene Esmonde VC, DSO of No. Pat Kingsmill DSO, Lt. Edgar Lee DSO and Donald Bunce CGM. On the night of November 1. Swordfish attacked the Italian fleet in the harbor at Taranto, sinking one battleship outright, leaving another sinking and seriously crippling another and damaging three cruisers - all for the loss of only two Swordfish. Squadron and six Fulmars, was engaged in the famous chase of the German battleship Bismark, along with Swordfish from the Ark Royal Squadrons 8. Squadron from Manston aerodrome in Kent, took off at 1. Harrison and Don Greer, Squadron/Signal #1. I model. MESSERSCHMITT Me 1. E- 4. N JG 2. 6The aircraft of Oberstleutnant Adolf Galland of JG2. Price of this model is SORRY, THIS ISSUE SOLD OUTSPITFIRE Mk Vb 3. Sqn. Spitfire Vb Flown by Polish ace Jan Zumbach and featuring colourful, detailed markings and an unusual extended rear view mirror. In 1. 93. 4 Sir Mac. Pherson Robertson offered a prize of . Most entrants for the race were in existing aircraft designs, however de Havillands wanted to win the race and so designed an aircraft for this purpose, work starting in February. The DH8. 8 was designed, built and flown in a total time of nine months to enter and win the Mac. Robertson Air Race in October of 1. Three orders for DH8. G- ACSR was painted green and raced by Owen Cathcart- Jones and Ken Waller on behalf of Bernard Rubin; G- ACSP was painted black and gold and was named 'Black Magic', it was owned and raced by Jim and Amy Mollinson; the third Comet to be entered was G- ACSS painted scarlet and named 'Grosvenor House' ; it was entered by the hotel's managing director A. Scott and Tom Campbell- Black. In the race G- ACSS arrived first in Australia and qualified for both prizes, one for fastest speed and one for the handicap race; however the race rules prevented both prizes being awarded to the same aircraft and so G- ACSS only received the main speed prize. Of the other Comets G- ACSR finished fourth and left for England as soon as it arrived carrying news- reels of the event. On its return it had set a new out- and- back record arriving back at Mildenhall thirteen and a half days after it left at the start of the race. G- ACSP retired from the race with engine trouble. However, it was bought by F. Tasker and restored at Essex Aero Ltd at Gravesend, it was renamed 'The Orphan' and gained fourth place in the England- Damascus Air Race of 1. After this G- ACSS was renamed 'The Burberry' and set a new record for the out- and- back times to the Cape, and also set a record when it travelled from England- New Zealand and home again in only ten days, twenty- one hours and twenty- two minutes. After these record breaking flights G- ACSS was abandoned at Gravesend and spent WW2 stored there. De Havilland apprentices statically restored the last surviving Comet Racer for the 1. Festival of Great Britain, where it was displayed hanging from the roof. It was given to the Shuttleworth Collection in 1. About fifty organisations supported the project and restoration was carried out at RAE Farnborough and then at the British Aerospace works at Hatfield. This culminated in the first flight in forty- nine years on Sunday 1. May 1. 98. 7. G- ACSS was transported by road to Old Warden where it was kept in a taxiable condition, however the length of the runway was too short to allow G- ACSS to fly. Now the runway has been lengthened and it is hoped that G- ACSS will return to the air once more during 2. October 1. 93. 4, detailed the structure of the De Havilland Comet. The model is accompanied by a special numbered stainless steel plaque. Squadron personnel, for gallantry during a raid on Turin, was posthumously awarded to Flight Sergeant AL Aaron DFM of No 2. Squadron. During a raid on the Italian city in August 1. Aaron's Stirling was attacked by a night- fighter. The navigator was killed; Aaron himself had his jaw shattered by a bullet as well as being wounded in the chest and one arm. With one engine out and two others damaged, Aaron placed the bomb- aimer in control of the aircraft and set a course for North Africa. Five hours later, after being restrained from taking over the pilot's seat again, Aaron assisted the bomb- aimer in making a wheels- up landing at Bone. All the crew survived except Flight Sergeant Aaron who died nine hours later of his wounds. The Stirling was the first four- engine bomber to enter service with the Bomber Command. AIRBORNE ASSAULT - Stirling and Horsa Glider. This outstanding diorama features the Short Stirling . Wright, Flying Soldiers. Major General Roy Urquhart, O/C 1st Airborne Division, wrote to Chatterton, 'they . I'm afraid your losses were rather heavy.' Over 1. Holland and of these 2. Michael Dauncey is eminently suitable as an example of the exploits of the Glider Pilots at Arnhem. Dauncey flew as second Pilot to S/Sgt. Their 'load' was a contingent of the 1st Air Landing Light Regiment, R. A. The flight was, on the whole, uneventful and the landing straight out of the text- book. Mike Dauncey's role was in support of the Light Regiment. Dauncey and two paratroopers raced over to the German line, some thirty yards away, and brought back eight prisoners, a machine gun and a collection of Luger pistols. Sadly, his luck was not to hold out much longer. The following day, in an attempt to view enemy positions more clearly, he was hit in the eye by a piece of shrapnel. It was not until the evening that he was able to be led down to the Regimental Aid Post. He could not be helped so slept the night away and left the next morning on a tank- hunting mission. He narrowly escaped being driven down by a tank and then found himself in a fire- fight with a German armed with a Bren Gun. Dauncey replied with his Luger and received a bullet in the thigh. His leg was dressed by a couple of Airborne soldiers and the three took shelter in a slit- trench. Looking round to see what had landed on his blind side, Lt. Dauncey was hit in the face by the explosion from the object, a German grenade. His jaw was broken in two places and, although he could think clearly, he was very weak. He returned to the R. A. P. From here he was moved to the St Antonious German Prison Hospital. As in the case of Jock Bramah, whom he met earlier, Mike Dauncey effected a movie- style escape. John Bauer (illustrator) - Wikipedia. John Albert Bauer (4 June 1. His work is concerned with landscape and mythology, but he also composed portraits. He is best known for his illustrations of early editions of Bland tomtar och troll (Among Gnomes and Trolls), an anthology of Swedish folklore and fairy tales. Bauer was born and raised in J. At 1. 6 he moved to Stockholm to study at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. While there he received his first commissions to illustrate stories in books and magazines, and met the artist Ester Ellqvist, whom he married in 1. He traveled throughout Lappland, Germany and Italy early in his career, and these cultures deeply informed his work. He painted and illustrated in a romantic nationalistic style, in part influenced by the Italian Renaissance and Sami cultures. Most of his works are watercolors or prints in monochrome or muted colours; he also produced oil paintings and frescos. His illustrations and paintings broadened the understanding and appreciation of Swedish folklore, fairy tales and landscape. When Bauer was 3. Ester and their son, Bengt, drowned in a shipwreck on Lake V. He founded a successful charcuterie business at the . In 1. 89. 8, he was one of the 4. Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, and although he was deemed well qualified for a place at the academy, he was too young to be accepted. He spent the next two years at the Kaleb Ahltins school for painters. During this time he was, like most teenagers, torn between hope and despair, something that is reflected in his artwork. By 1. 90. 0, he was old enough to attend the Academy of Arts, and was one of the three students admitted that year; the two other successful applicants were his friends Ivar Kamke and Pontus Lanner. He studied traditional illustrations and made drawings of plants, medieval costumes and croquis; all of which served him in his later work. One of his teachers, professor and noted historic painter, Gustaf Cederstr. It is not size that matters but content. While at the academy, he received his first commissions to illustrate magazines (including the S. In 1. 90. 4 he traveled to Lappland to create paintings for a book on the culture of the county and its . At the end of 1. 90. Opportunistically, Carl Adam Victor Lundholm published his Lappland, det stora svenska framtidslandet (Lappland, the great Swedish land of the future). He engaged noted Swedish artists. Since Bauer was an inexperienced illustrator by comparison, Lundholm tested his abilities by sending him to create some drawings of Sami people at Skansen. Although reluctant to audition for the commission, on 1. July 1. 90. 4 Bauer left for Lappland and stayed there for a month. Coming from the dense, dark forests of Sm. His encounters with the Sami people and their culture became important for his later works. He took many photos, sketched and made notes of the tools, costumes and objects he saw, but he had difficulty becoming close to the Sami, due to their shyness. He recorded his experiences in his diary and in letters to his family and friends. After a visit to a Sami goahti he noted: . If the head is tilted forward it is dark. The lit parts of the figure always lighter than the tent canvas. Sharp shadows run like spokes from the middle of the goathi. They were painted Stockholm, almost 1. Many of the photos resulted in other drawings and paintings. Most of these were romanticized versions of the photos, but he succeeded in capturing the nuances and ambiance of the goahtis, and the richness of the Sami garments and crafts. Details from the Sami culture, such as the bent knives, shoes, spears, pots and belts, became important elements in the clothes and ornamentations of Bauer's trolls. Bauer's eye for detail and his numerous notes also made the material an ethnographic documentation of the era. Courtship and marriage. Ellqvist studied at the separate department for women, since women were not allowed to attend the same classes as the men and their education was conducted in a different manner. Their relationship developed as they shared their dreams, aspirations, doubts and insecurities in their correspondence. He made sketches for the painting in 1. Ellqvist is portrayed as a strong, enlightened and unobtainable Valkyrie. She wanted to settle down in a comfortable place with a husband and have children. Bauer was not sufficiently established an artist to provide for a family. When he proposed to Ellqvist, Bauer did so without the approval of his parents, who thought that he should be more established in a career and self- supporting before marriage. On 1. 8 December 1. Bauer and Ellqvist were married. Little is known of their first years together since they now lived in the same house, making letters unnecessary. Bauer had jobs illustrating covers for magazines, like Hvar 8 Dag, and began work on Bland tomtar och troll (Among Gnomes and Trolls). They bought the house in 1. Bengt (called . The birth of Putte marked a harmonious and joyful time for the couple. Bauer made his final illustrations for Among Gnomes and Trolls, his grand farewell to the series, which freed him to explore playwriting and make frescos. He showed his paintings at exhibitions and experimented with modernism. By 1. 91. 7, their marriage was in trouble, and in 1. Bauer put his thoughts about a divorce in a letter to his wife. With the birth of their son, Bauer started to paint pictures with children as part of the composition. The painting Rottrollen (The Root Trolls), completed in 1. Putte sleeping among troll- shaped roots in a forest. Journey to Italy. They choose to travel through Germany and on to Italy based on his readings of medieval towns during a 1. Germany with his father. The couple visited Verona, Florence, Siena and spent two months in Volterra. They continued through Naples and Capri, spending the winter in Rome. Throughout their travels they studied art and visited churches and museums, which appealed to Bauer's eclectic mind. In the evenings they went to small tavernas to enjoy the ambiance; all of which is recorded in the letters. Bauer's sketchbooks are full of studies of antique objects and Renaissance art, some of which he used for his illustrations. A portrait of Ghirlandaio by Sandro Botticelli is said to be the basis for Svanhamnen (The Swan maiden), and Piero della Francesca's work was the inspiration for Den helige Martin (Saint Martin, the Holy). He also became intrigued by frescoes. He was exuberant in the study of art, but he also became homesick for the quiet serenity of the Swedish forest which resulted in some of his best winter pictures with white snow, dark woods and the sky glittering with tiny stars. Their journey was abandoned after a murder in their building in Rome. Bauer was interrogated by Italian police due to a misunderstanding. He was never a suspect but the situation became public, leaving a bitter memory of their visit to Rome. Death on Lake V. A recent, well- publicized train accident at Get. All the cargo did not fit into the hold and a significant portion was stored unsecured on deck, making the ship top- heavy. The weather was bad and by the time the steamer was at sea a full storm was raging; the wind caused the cargo on deck to shift, some of it falling overboard, further destabilizing the ship. The ship capsized and went down, stern first, just 5. H. Most of the passengers had been trapped in their cabins. Investigations indicated that just one third of the cargo had been stowed in the hold, the rest unsecured on deck. It is estimated that about 2. Norrk. Newsreels featuring the raising of the ship were shown in cinemas all over Sweden. The most common theme was connected to the tale Agneta och sj. On 1. 8 August 1. Bauers were buried at the . He considered the praise he received for his pictures of trolls and princesses to be . He wanted to paint in oil and make what he called . His self- doubts were contrary to his public persona and how he presented himself in self- portraits: strong minded but self- deprecating. Subjects. Ever since he was little he had wandered in the dark woods of Sm. His paintings frequently included detailed depictions of plants, mosses, lichens and mushrooms found in the Swedish woods. He is best known for his illustrations of Among Gnomes and Trolls. Eklund had on several occasions accompanied Bauer on his walks through the forests by Lake V. Now and then he blew a small cloud of brown troll smoke straight up into the turquoise- bleu, sun- sparkling space. And muttered something far behind his tight, narrow lips. But I, having had the key for many years, understood most of it. He lived in an era when the Old Norse were romanticized throughout Scandinavia, and borrowed ideas and motifs from artists like Theodor Kittelsen and Erik Werenski. The pictures of princes and princesses had elements from Flandictapestries, and even the trolls garments were pleated, much like the draped clothing seen in antique Roman sculptures. Bauer had a time consuming technique when painting: he would start with a small sketch, no bigger than a stamp, with just the basic shapes. Then he would make another, slightly bigger, sketch with more details. The sketches grew progressively in size and detail until the work reached its final size. Most of the originals for About Gnomes and Trolls are square pictures about 2. He doodled on anything at hand, from used stationary to the back of an envelope. He would also do several versions of the same finished picture, such as one where the motif is depicted in a summer and winter scene. He did not observe the traditional hierarchy in the mediums or techniques at that time. He could make a complete work in pencil or charcoal just as well as a sketch in oil. From an early age Bauer had to adapt his illustrations to contemporary printing technique. Full- color was expensive, so the illustrations were made in one color plus black. As the process developed and his works became in greater demand, his pictures were eventually printed in full color.
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