Paratrooper (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 6" x 11" (150mm x 270mm)
Date: 1964
Code: DearRedDevil
This is the unique original Gouache painting by Neville Dear.
A Paratrooper dressed as they were when the fought as part of the D-Day invasion of World War II. His full uniform and equipment includes the parachute, a small first aid kit pinned to his camouflaged helmet, a sten gun in two pieces, strapped to his chest, and a Bren gun.
Scarce early Look and Learn art. This example, part of a series called Badges of Courage, was published in issue 137, 29th August 1964.
- 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.
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