Johnny Johnson the Last Dambuster

Jack Russell (born 1963)

Price

Not For Sale

Signed

Signed and inscribed with title
Signed, inscribed with title and dated 2022 on reverse

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

30 x 35 inches

Exhibited

Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, May 2025;
'Chris Beetles Summer Show 2025', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, June-September 2025, no 160

Signed and dated '7.8. 'by Johnny Johnson and inscribed 'Johnny Johnson MBE, DFC signed for me at his care home Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Jack Russell, 2022' on reverse

Beetles Choice - 08 May 2025

We mark VE Day with a powerful portrait by Jack Russell of Johnny Johnson, the last of the Dambusters. Jack Russell met and painted this portrait in 2022, shortly before Johnny Johnson passed away, when he was the last surviving member of the RAF who took part in the famous Dambuster's Raid by 617 Squadreon in 1943.

The portrait is on display now at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London. From next month and throughout the summer, it will be hanging in the annual Chris Beetles Gallery Summer Show.

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