Quiet Boat Yard
Creator:
Wootton, Frank, 1911-1998
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on verso: Quiet boat yard
Description:
Wooton was primarily an aviation artist, famous for depicting the Royal Air Force during the WW II. He travelled to the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia after the war and was commissioned to paint the island of Cyprus for propaganda purposes. He produced nine oils of various views of the island during 1951 which were also turned into posters. He revisited in 1971 and 1975. During his first visit, the Governor of Cyprus Sir Andrew Wright organised an exhibition at the British Institute where Wooton, two photographers from the National geographic and Reno Wideson participated. During his second visit to Cyprus, Wooton exchanged one of his Cyprus paintings for a carpet. The oil painting presents the west part of Kyrenia harbour in 1951 when it was still a backwater and a small fishing harbour. The oil painting was reproduced as a poster.
Dimensions:
50 x 60 cm
Signature(s):
Signed in lower left recto: Wootton
Subject:
Harbours, Transportation, Boats, People, Buildings, Dwellings, Architecture, Religious Architecture, Church Architecture, Mountains
Identifier:
PNT-00559
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Rights Holder:
© Costas and Rita Severis Foundation
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