This is the first of several portfolios of my grandfather’s artwork, which I photographed while at the beach house in Ventnor, NJ
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Brubaker Mixed Portfolio 1
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Yorktown dazzle
Friday, March 13th, 2009
USS Yorktown
One particularly cool exhibit on the USS Yorktown was a wall full of aircraft carrier photos, documenting dozens of ships commissioned into service during the 1st and 2nd World Wars. I noticed that many of the ships were painted in wild, blocky, patterns, and I remembered hearing about dazzle camouflage. Apparently, creative methods were employed to gain advantage in warfare:
Brubaker for sale on ebay
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Art aboard the USS Yorktown
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
We visited the USS Yorktown at Patriot’s Point in Charleston, SC on President’s Day, and learned a lot about life aboard an aircraft carrier in World War II.
In addition to the requisite photos of the kids sitting in the cockpit of a fighter plane, and at the controls of the anti-aircraft weapons, I was drawn toward examples of art and design on the ship (big surprise, I know). There were insignia painted on the tails of planes, camouflage on ships, colorful award badges marked on the side of a ship, or an officer’s uniform, signs, charts and other wayfinding devices, and even a print shop on the ship.
Apart from designing a logo for his unit, I’m not sure to what extent my grandfather’s art was put to use during his service in the Army Air Force. Hopefully, I can get some family and friends to assist in getting those answers…
Happy New Year 2009
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Euclid's 3 Graces, 1962, 57