Japanese Aircraft Carrier Hiryu - Terror of the Pacific (Signed) (Original)

Artist: John S Smith
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 22" x 14" (565mm x 365mm)
Date: 1981
Signature: Signed by artist bottom right
Code: SmithJSJapCarrierLL

This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by John S Smith.

The Flying Sailors: The End of the Ark Royal. (Main picture) The Japanese carrier Hiryu; (left inset) USS Ranger and a crashed Seafire; (right inset) USS Enterprise and Fairey Swordfish.

The Hiryu was one of the carriers that launched the attack on Pearl Harbour.

This is the original artwork from Look and Learn no. 1023 (17 October 1981).

• Artist Biography
  John Stephen Smith (1921 - 2010; UK)
  John started drawing from an early age and he went to art school just prior to World War II when he was called up and joined the Royal Navy. He served on the Cruiser HMS Niagara on the Malta and Russian convoys. After the war he continued his art studies and career.
  
  His work has been commissioned by most shipping companies and railway companies and his art has been used by many leading publishers in the UK and USA.