The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Study for the later work on paper "Airport at night" in Rose Bay, New South Wales. Depicts a nighttime scene of the people at work at an airport. Flood lights pours out of the hangar illuminating the aircrafts and figures.
During the war, Rose Bay Flying Boat Base was used as an international airport for defence purposes by the RAAF. Operating a fleet of seaplanes, the base became the target of a failed Japanese submarine attack in 1942. The golden age of the flying boat in Australian aviation history was brief and lasted little more than twelve years.
This study "Airport at night" was used to inform the production of two works on paper of the Rose Bay airport base. They became his largest, most highly coloured and complex drawings ever completed, and represent a highlight in his artistic career. Of particular interest to Drysdale was the affect the war had on urban environments and night-time scenery. Experimenting with new materials in order to capture the unfamiliar atmosphere, his liberal use of black ink and stridently applied coloured washes creates a scene replete with restlessness and eerie tension.
This work depicts a Catalina flying boat undergoing minor repairs at the Royal Australian Air Force Depot at Rose Bay, Sydney. This particular aircraft was manned by Royal Netherlands East Indies pers
Piece of exploded shrapnel, approximately 100 mm high x 65 mm wide x 25 mm deep, screwed by its base to a wooden block. An engraved plaque is mounted on the front, stating: "OUTSIDE 32 BALFOUR RD / RO
Depicts a group of soldiers wearing great-coats outside a darkened 'RTO' sign at the Albury railway station. A dark railway carriage forms the left hand side of the work. In wartime Australia the ra
Collection relating to the Second World War experience of Ms Betty May Krieger, Rose Bay Flying Boat Base, Sydney, 1943. Collection consists of one employee identification pass of Ms B Krieger for Ro
Depicts the protagonist and other soldiers advancing towrds the enemy at night. They are out of the trenches in an open space. Above them a shell bursts, illuminating the scene. All of the oldiers
Study for ART22252 'Night landing exercises, amphibious operations'. This watercolour was given by the artist to VX14985 Lieutenant William Illingworth Taylor, who was posted at Atherton as a staff ar
