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Fire watching drawing
Edward Brannan

approx. exposed area of image inside frame
8in h x 11in w
pen & wash on paper

£260 framed

Item number 1702

ARP fire watching station during the second world war with the wardens bed and steel helmet

Splendid historical painting of an air raid protection warden's bed with his steel helmet hanging from a chair. This wash drawing was painted on the spot in the Air Raid Wardens billet. There is no under painting and he has simply drawn with an ink brush and added a diluted wash over the outline. If you use the zoom facility and study the notice on the wall under the heading of A. R. P. you will see it is signed E. E. Brannan. Was he the head warden? Good wartime paintings are uncommon and this fine example shows a human side to the conflict coupled with the necessities of war. This work has been stored in a portfolio for over 50 years and we are confident that the colours portrayed are those which the artist painted


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About the artist

Born: 1888

Died: 1964

Brannan was a wonderful draughtsman who sketched his native Lincolnshire. He studied at the Lincoln School of art and was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy. His work is in the Usher Gallery in Lincoln and many private collections. His two sons Noel, and Peter were both professional painters. Read an account of this artistic family by Mavis Brannan, Edward's daughter-in-law at www.room4art.com/The-Artistic-Brannans.

Product type		painting
Date of work		1941
How we know the date		our estimate
The last owner of the work		artist's daughter-in-law
How we know who the artist is		artist's daughter-in-law
How we know the subject		Artist's daughter-in-law
School of painting		Modern British
Style of painting		Impressionist
Approach		interior study representative
Dimensions (h x w x d) inches		8 x 11
Condition of work		very good
Recent restoration		No known restoration
Where exhibited		believed never exhibited
Quantity available		1
Edition of		1
Item number		1702

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