World War One - Battle of Jutland (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 15" x 19" (370mm x 480mm)
Date: 1965
Code: DearJutlandLL
This is the unique original Watercolour painting by Neville Dear.
Moments That Made History: Clash of the Fleets. Admiral Sir David Beatty's flagship, The Lion, turns towards the German fleet during the Battle of Jutland in World War One.
Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 171 (24 April 1965).
- Artist BiographyNeville Dear; UK
A prolific artist for Look and Learn, illustrating a wide variety of historical subjects and various series including 'Disasters That Shook the World' (1963), 'By the Rivers of Babylon' (1964), 'They Made Headlines' (1964), 'Epic Stories of the Iron Road' (1965) and others. In 1949, Dear and two other students from the Royal College of Art were commissioned to decorate the walls of the children's section of the Chelsea Public Library.
In the 1950s he began producing illustrations for William Collins, including work for Collins' Magazine, Collins Boys' Annual and books, including Showell Styles' 'Tiger Patrol' series.
As well as his magazine illustrations for Look and Learn, Ranger, Argosy, Picture Post and others, Dear also worked for Oxford University Press, Wheaton, Hodder & Stoughton, Corgi, and Eyre Methuen. With others he illustrated The Hamlyn Bible for Children (1974) and he was a regular illustrator for Reader's Digest's condensed books.