Artist: Wilf Hardy Medium: Watercolour on Board Size: 9" x 4" (220mm x 105mm) Date: 1969 Code: HardyK7
This is the unique original Watercolour painting by Wilf Hardy.
Suicide Subs was the nickname of the ill-fated K-class of submarine. They were beset by all manner of misfortune and catastrophe. The K7 was involved in the so called" Battle" of May Island 31st January 1918.
On manoeuvres on a foggy night several British ships struck each other and the K6 speared the K4, the K7 followed on and finished off the unfortunate submarine and her crew. In total 270 men died in a disaster that the Navy kept secret for morale reasons until the end of World War I.
The artwork was used in both Look and Learn and World of Wonder, dates unknown.
Wilfred Hardy (7 July 1938 - 2016; Brentford, UK) Wilf Hardy began working for Treasure in its early days after working as a commercial artist. Some of his earliest illustrations were designed to help youngsters understand subjects ranging from building a motorway to the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Hardy is best known for his technological paintings, in particular planes, ships, trains and spacecraft.
Hardy became one of the mainstays of Fleetway's educational titles, working for Look and Learn, Ranger, Speed & Power and World of Knowledge. His best known series was the long running Into the Blue which helped establish him as an aviation artist of renown, an area he has continued working in - nowadays in oil and other media - for posters and private commissions.
Producing the series 'Into the Blue' in Ranger and Look and Learn for some years helped Hardy develop an ability to depict aircraft of every description, from the days of stick and string to futuristic zeppelins. Hardy often picked the subject matter himself, although the text was usually editorially written, and designed the layouts for his pages.
'Hardy's Drawing Board' was a popular feature in later issues of Look and Learn. Hardy is a member of the Guild of Aviation Artists.
Hardy enjoyed a long association with the International Air Tattoo (started 1971, became the Royal International Air Tattoo in 1996) and illustrated many advertising posters, brochure covers, (and latterly, quite possibly T-shirts and mugs) for this and other air shows and events.
Wilfred Hardy lived in Kent. He married Barbara Woolstencroft in 1960 in Kent. They had three sons (born 1961, 1963 and 1965).
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