Anti-aircraft Defences

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Anti -aircraft defences
ArtistC. R. W. Nevinson
Year1940
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions81.2 cm × 60.9 cm (32.0 in × 24.0 in)
LocationImperial War Museum, London

Anti-aircraft defences is an

London Blitz spotlights.[1] It was transferred to the museum in 1947 by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. Nevinson was hugely disappointed not to be offered a governmental commission for his work, and so this painting was created at a time of discord between him and Kenneth Clark.[2]

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