Chris Beetles Gallery

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Windmill, nr St Omer

Thomas Hennell (1903-1945)

Price

£750

Signed

Inscribed 'Nr St Omer' on reverse

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

5 ½ x 9 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

Saint-Omer, 23 miles south east of Calais, was liberated by Polish troops on 5 September 1944. From September 1944:

‘Hennell was now attached to the First Canadian Army, which was tasked with clearing the German-occupied Channel coast following the Allied victory in Normandy. Hennell accompanied the Canadians on their north-easterly advance from Falaise, as they captured the ports of Dieppe, Le Havre, Boulogne and Calais throughout September 1944.’
Jessica Kilburn, Thomas Hennell. The Land and the Mind, London: Pimpernel Press, 2021, page 291

Mounted