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The Shaping of the Keel Plate of a Corvette, 1942 (oil on canvas)

IMAGE number
TW427078
Image title
The Shaping of the Keel Plate of a Corvette, 1942 (oil on canvas)
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Artist
Cole, Leslie (1910-77) / English
Location
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
1942 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
50.5x63.7 cms
Image description

Leslie Cole painted this shipbuilding scene when he was working as a War Artist during World War 2. Corvettes were small, fast ships. The red-hot metal of the piece of hull that the men are working on stands out against the grey surroundings. The overall greyness is also varied by patterns. The design formed by the round holes in the floor plates is balanced by the squares on the jacket of the worker on the far left of the picture. Curving lines describe the folds on the clothes of the men;

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Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
worker / labourers / bending / working / factory / tools / shipbuilding / hot metal / war effort / war work / world war ii / industry / labour / world war two / second world war / industrial / wwii / Painting / Mzpainting
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Medium 1024 × 819 px 87 × 69 mm 1.4 MB

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