lea thomas iii (5 Ergebnisse)

[San Francisco 1968, Little]. Large black and white, offset lithographic print, 39.5 x 29.5 cm., "NEW" unused condition, very bright, clean example. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . *** **** *** . . . A STUNNING WORLD WAR 2 ARTIST'S EXAMPLE OF . . . THE DEATH OF THE U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER "WASP" . . . IN THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA . . . TOM LEA'S ORIGINAL STUDY MADE ABOARD USS HORNET . . . 16 SEPTEMBER 1942 . * THE ARTIST -TOM LEA: 1907-2001: Lea was a Texas born artist who drew Texas cowboys, Mexican and American Indian subjects. He was unknown to the rest of the world. . In 1941, Lea was appointed by Life Magazine to be a war correspondent and artist. He was assigned go out into World War 2 among American military forces to paint and sketch dramatic scenes of the war. He visited many theaters of war in Europe and Asia from 1941-1945. His artistic works have been recognized as some of the most important and expressive examples of the brutality of war and the beauty of the places subject to Japanese and German dominance. His works have been displayed nationally. He is a celebrated United States Military artist. . Lea was embedded on the USS Hornet during the battle of the Coral Sea, where he witnessed the Japanese bombing of the USS WASP, mortally wounded. . From the Coral Sea, he continued his assignment to record and document art of World War 2, next stop China. . While in China he sketched famous people: General Channel, Madame Chiang Kai-shek and her husband Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi], also many stunning views of China. . Lea went to China in late 1943, returning in early 1944. His suburb drawings have remained in his private collection unpublished until 1968. In that year he published a number of these historic and incredible examples. . Tom Lea traveled to Kunming, Guilin and Chongqing in October, 1943. In each place he sought out typical Chinese scenes that would depict the plight of the people. . His stunning drawing of war-torn China, its beleaguered people and their struggle to survive under Japanese bombing and domination. A superb record of Chinese history and posterity, during World War 2. . *** THE PRINT: This is an impressive view of the Coral Sea Battle with Japanese & American ships exchanging fire and under fire, the ocean with bomb hits exploding. . The main focus is the USS "WASP" [CV-7] that was badly hit amidships severely crippling the aircraft carrier which promptly sank. The ship is on fire in two places with a massive hit with billows of black smoke and explosions happening. . Executed in shades of black, gray and white, a fine example, published for the first time in 1968, to commemorate his World War 2 drawings and paintings while on journalist assignment World War 2 in the Pacific Theater and in China, 1942-1944. . *** DATED: The print has a caption at the bottom with text: "DEATH OF THE WASP -ORIGINAL STUDY MADE ABOARD USS HORNET IN THE CORAL SEA ON 16 SEPTEMBER 1942, THE DAY AFTER I SAW THIS HAPPEN." . *** NOTE: Color scans are posted to our website. . Please check our website for others by Tom Lea on World War II & in China, 1944. . *** Color photos are posted to our website *** REFERENCES: . See Wikipedia for more on Tom Lea/the-artist/historical-photographs/the institute devoted to his works. . *.

[San Francisco 1968, Little]. Color lithographic print,"NEW" unused example, flawless, painted 1943, 28 x 39.5 cm.,signed in block. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . *** **** *** . . A STUNNING WORLD WAR 2 ARTIST'S COLOR EXAMPLE OF . . . "DREAM OF A RIVER: YANGTZE [CHONGCHING, CHINA, 1943] . . . SIGNED AND DATED IN BLOCK . * In 1942, Tom Lea was appointed a World War 2 war correspondent and artist. He was assigned to cover the Pacific war of Americans fighting against Japanese. When his work there was finished, he was then re-assigned to the China-Burma-India [C.B.I.] theater under Major General Claire E. Chennault in Kunming. In China his mission was to graphically record images that reflected China and the American effort against the Japanese. . Lea left India and boarded a 23rd Air Force bomber and flew over "THE HUMP" [Himalayan mountains] to Szechwan province and landed in Chungking, October 1943. . He was astonished at the grand confluence of the Yangtze River [Chang jiang] in Chongching. He was billeted at the "Press Hostel" with other foreign press reporters. He lived in a small, dingy and gray damp room. Thousands of Chinese filling the streets, fleeing the city before the Japanese invaded. It was rainy and miserably cold. . While in Chongking [Chongching] There painted two fine paintings, see #3 & 4 below. While in Chunking he also sketched Madame Chiang Kai-shek [Mrs. Jiang Jieshi] and afterword sketched Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Three days later he was in Kunming. . In Kunming he was billeted in a troop hostel by the 14th Air Force airbase and headquarters of General Chennault. The next morning he met with and sketched Chennault [see #1 below]. . In late November 1943, Lea flew in an A.A.F. "FLYING TIGER" C-47 from Kweilin. Upon arrival in the cold rain, at Kweilin airfield he stated: "Through the airplane window I looked out and saw-and found it hard to believe what I saw. Those misty cone-shaped mountains that soared up from a horizontal table of earth so abruptly and fantastically in the great landscapes of the Sung [Soong Dynasty] masters.they were true. Because there they were all around the airstrip. " . There at the airstrip he sketched #2 below, upon closing his sketchbook, he hurried to the charcoal stove in the alert shack, his fingers stiff with the cold. From there he ".watched a gang of coolies wearing straw hats as big as parasols there in the rain, were at work carrying little hand baskets full of wet gravel, moving earth basket by basket, to smooth the end of a runway where iron birds took wing roaring up into the sky to fight Japs. I was sitting alone at the end of the airstrip at Kweilin. I was gazing at the mountains, believing them, drawing wondering how old they were. Up in the sky it was Tex Hill's gang coming in after a run on Japanese coastal shipping, I watched them swoop in landing, one after another. The sound suddenly and unaccountably sent my mind to another air base and another painting I had made there." . *** Although these paintings and sketches were done in 1943, they had never been published. In 1968 Lea was encouraged to publish lithographic images of his favorite sketches, drawings and paintings. . The four below items were among his best images. The set was published for the first time in 1968. . Please inquire at our website, as we have all of these in stock. . 1. GENERAL CHENNAULT, Sketched at Kunming, [November, 1943] . 2. AIRSTRIP AT KWEILIN: Sketched November 18, 1943 . 3. GRANDFATHER CHINA: Sketch of either Liuchow or Kweilin, . [November, 1943.] . 4. DREAM OF A FAIR RIVER: YANGTZE: Sketched View From . Chongking of the confluence of the mighty Yangtze . River, [November, 1943] . *** Color photos are posted to our website . *** REFERENCES: . For more on Tom Lea see Wikipedia and also Tom Lea dot com /the-artist/historical-photographs/the institute devoted to his works. . *.

[El Paso 1968, Lea]. A black and white sketch, drawn 1943 in Kunming, exceptionally very clean & bright as "New" example, sheet: 39.3 x 28 cm., print: 30.5 x 25.5 cm., signed & dated in block, 1943. FIRST & ONLY SMALL, OBSCURE LIMITED EDITION . . *** **** *** . . . STUNNING REPRESENTATION OF THE STUBBORN AND RESPECTED . . MAJOR GENERAL C. CHENNAULT, COMMANDER OF THE . . "A.V.G." ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] AND . . THE FOUNDER OF THE "FLYING TIGERS" OF CHINA . * The artist visited General Chennault in Kunming, November 1943. At a meeting with the Chennault, Lea drew this historical sketch conveying the character of the determined, unyielding, and steadfast General of American "FLYING TIGERS." He led the air combat fighting against the larger Imperial Japanese Air Force, throughout Burma and China in World War 2. . Chennault's stubbornness about defeating the Japanese was legendary, and in his words: "FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION." . A superb depiction of Major General Chennault at the top of his career. . *** THE ARTIST -TOM LEA: 1907-2001: Lea was a Texas born artist who drew Texas cowboys, Mexican and American Indian subjects. He was unknown to the rest of the world. . In 1941, Lea was appointed by Life Magazine to be a war correspondent and artist. He was assigned go out into World War 2 among American military forces to paint and sketch dramatic scenes of the war. He visited many theaters of war in Europe and Asia from 1941-1945. His artistic works have been recognized as some of the most important and expressive examples of the brutality of war and the beauty of the places subject to Japanese and German dominance. His works have been displayed nationally. He is a celebrated United States Military artist. . While in China he sketched famous people: General Channel, Madame Chiang Kai-shek and her husband Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi], also many stunning views of China. . Lea went to China in late 1943, returning in early 1944. His suburb drawings have remained in his private collection unpublished until 1968. In that year he published a number of these historic and incredible examples. . Tom Lea traveled to Kunming, Guilin and Chongqing in October, 1943. In each place he sought out typical Chinese scenes that would depict the plight of the people. . His stunning drawing of war-torn China, its beleaguered people and their struggle to survive under Japanese bombing and domination. A superb record of Chinese history and posterity, during World War 2. . *** Color photos are posted to our website *** REFERENCES: . For more on Tom Lea see Wikipedia and also Tom Lea dot com /the-artist/historical-photographs/the institute devoted to his works. . OCLC Number: 50920725 . ***.

[San Francisco 1968, Little]. Color lithographic print,"NEW" unused example, flawless, painted 1943, 28 x 39.5 cm.,signed in block. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . *** **** *** . . . A STUNNING ARTIST'S COLOR EXAMPLE OF . . . THE STOIC CHINESE DURING WORLD WAR 2 . . . DEPICTS A CHINESE GRANDFATHER WITH HIS FAMILY . . . TOILING ON THEIR FARM NEAR CHONGCHING,1943 . * THE ARTIST -TOM LEA: 1907-2001: Lea was a Texas born artist who drew Texas cowboys, Mexican and American Indian subjects. He was unknown to the rest of the world. . In 1941, Lea was appointed by Life Magazine to be a war correspondent and artist. He was assigned go out into World War 2 among American military forces to paint and sketch dramatic scenes of the war. He visited many theaters of war in Europe and Asia from 1941-1945. His artistic works have been recognized as some of the most important and expressive examples of the brutality of war and the beauty of the places subject to Japanese and German dominance. His works have been displayed nationally. He is a celebrated United States Military artist. . While in China he sketched famous people: General Channel, Madame Chiang Kai-shek and her husband Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi], also many stunning views of China. . Lea went to China in late 1943, returning in early 1944. His suburb drawings have remained in his private collection unpublished until 1968. In that year he published a number of these historic and incredible examples. . Tom Lea traveled to Kunming, Guilin and Chongqing [Chongqing] in October, 1943. In each place he sought out typical Chinese scenes that would depict the plight of the people. . His stunning drawing of war-torn China, its beleaguered people and their struggle to survive under Japanese bombing and domination. A superb record of Chinese history and posterity, during World War 2. . *** THE PRINT: "THE CHINESE GRANDFATHER:" Drawn along the Yangtze river near Chongking [Chongqing Chongqing] in November 1943. ., This color gouache shows a grandfather, with a worn and lined face, gazing off into the distance. In the background is his son who tends the water buffalo pulling a large millstone, grinding grain. The grandson carries a hoe on his shoulder looking at his calloused hands. The rice paddies in background full of water and young plants. The mountains in the distant background, along the Yangtze river and fog. . Executed in color gouache. a fine example, published for the first time in 1968, to commemorate his World War 2 drawings and paintings while on journalist assignment to China in the fall of 1943. . *** NOTE: Color scans are posted to our website. . We have others by Tom Lea on the trip to China he made in 1944 also posted to our website. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** REFERENCES: . Color illustrated article in LIFE Magazine, July, 1944, pp.62-66. including this exact color print: "GRANDFATHER CHINA," 1943, among several other Lea did while sketching and painting in China winter 1943 during World War 2. . * For more on Tom Lea see Wikipedia and also Tom Lea dot com /the-artist/historical-photographs/the institute devoted to his works. . *.

[San Francisco 1968, Little]. Large black and white, offset lithographic print, 39.5 x 29.5 cm., "NEW" unused condition, very bright, clean example. FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION . *** **** *** . . . A STUNNING WORLD WAR 2 ARTIST'S EXAMPLE OF . . . THE KWEILIN [GUILIN] AIRFIELD, GUANGXI PROVINCE . . . DEPICTS A FOUR AMERICAN "FLYING TIGERS" AIRPLANES . . . . RETURNING TO BASE . * THE ARTIST -TOM LEA: 1907-2001: Lea was a Texas born artist who drew Texas cowboys, Mexican and American Indian subjects. He was unknown to the rest of the world. . In 1941, Lea was appointed by Life Magazine to be a war correspondent and artist. He was assigned go out into World War 2 among American military forces to paint and sketch dramatic scenes of the war. He visited many theaters of war in Europe and Asia from 1941-1945. His artistic works have been recognized as some of the most important and expressive examples of the brutality of war and the beauty of the places subject to Japanese and German dominance. His works have been displayed nationally. He is a celebrated United States Military artist. . While in China he sketched famous people: General Channel, Madame Chiang Kai-shek and her husband Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi], also many stunning views of China. . Lea went to China in late 1943, returning in early 1944. His suburb drawings have remained in his private collection unpublished until 1968. In that year he published a number of these historic and incredible examples. . Tom Lea traveled to Kunming, Guilin and Chongqing in October, 1943. In each place he sought out typical Chinese scenes that would depict the plight of the people. . His stunning drawing of war-torn China, its beleaguered people and their struggle to survive under Japanese bombing and domination. A superb record of Chinese history and posterity, during World War 2. . *** THE PRINT: Among the strange and wondrous karst mountains of Guilin shows the successful return of four "FLYING TIGERS" P-40 Tomahawk fighter airplanes. They are lined up for landing. . At the bottom of the print is the primitive dirt landing strip, which shows four Chinese coolies mending holes from the last Japanese raid. In the background are a few huts for the pilots. . DATED: The print is signed & dated in block by Tom Lea, November 10, 1943. . Executed in shades of black, gray and white, a fine example, published for the first time in 1968, to commemorate his World War 2 drawings and paintings while on journalist assignment to China in 1943. . *** NOTE: Color scans are posted to our website. . Please check our website for others by Tom Lea on World War II China, 1944. . *** Color photos are posted to our website *** REFERENCES: . For more on Tom Lea see Wikipedia and also Tom Lea dot com /the-artist/historical-photographs/the institute devoted to his works. . *.