Canadian Advance Press Camp, Wijchen

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Canadian Advance Press Camp, Wijchen

Thomas Hennell (1903-1945)

Price

£1,750

Signed

Inscribed with title on reverse
Admiralty stamp on reverse

Medium

Ink and pencil

Dimensions

11 x 16 inches

Provenance

Michael MacLeod (Hennell biographer) via the Estate of Thomas Hennell

Exhibited

'Thomas Hennell: A Love of the Land', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, March-April 2026

As an Official War Artist, Hennell spent most of January and February 1945 in the Netherlands with the RNVR whilst the Allies continued their advance into Germany. Near Nijmegen, he spent two weeks with the Canadian Press Camp and lodged for a couple of weeks with the Dutch artist Lodewijk Ruysch van Dugteren (1901-1986) and his wife, Hendrika, in Wijchen.

Mounted

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