EXHIBITION BY WAR ARTIST

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23914, 5 April 1943, Page 6

EXHIBITION BY WAR ARTIST

T • CAPTAIN MCINTYRE’S WORK (Official War Correspondent N.Z.E.F.) ! . CAIRO, March 31. The New Zealand official war artist (Captain Peter Mclntyre) has held a third exhibition of paintings. It was particularly well received, large crowds ; of civilians and soldiers thronging the 1 New Zealand Club. Considerable interest was shown in what the paintings reveal of the work of the Long Range Desert Group. Cap. tain Mclntyre has provided a colourful background for the unit, which has gained its high reputation as the result of thrilling exploits and valuable work in all parts of the Sahara, of which little is really known. Mrs R. G. Casey, wife of the British Minister of State, opened the exhibition She said: “No camera can produce a scene as well as the mind of a sensitive human being. When the Bth Army has succeeded in pushing the Axis out of Tunisia, there will be scope for Captain Mclntyre’s work in a new setting.” One of the most striking paintings depicts the famous break-through by the New Zealand Division at Minqar Qaim. The artist’s ability in another form is demonstrated by a fine plaster cast head of Sergeant Keith Elliot, V.C. Evidence of the interest taken in the artist’s work is the fact that there are many sales of his booklet: “We Saw It Happen,” containing reproductions of his best war paintings.