WAR PAINTINGS
EXHIBITION IN CAIRO (N.Z.E.F. Official War Correspondent) Cairo, Mar. 21. The third exhibition of war paintings by Captain P. Mclntyre, official artist to the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, is being particularly well received. Large crowds of civilians and soldiers who have attended the New Zealand Club, where the exhibition is being held, have expressed appreciation of the work and shown considerable interest in what the paintings reveal of the work of the long-range desert group.
Captain Mclntyre’s virile brush has provided a colourful background for the long-range desert unit, which has gained a reputation as a result of its thrilling exploits and valuable work in all parts of the Sahara, but of which little really is known. Mrs R. G. Casey, wife of the Minister of State in the Middle East, in opening the exhibition, said that no camera could produce a scene as well as the mind of a sensitive human being. When the Eighth Army succeeded in pushing the Axis out of Tunisia there would 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 Elliott, V.C.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 6 April 1943, Page 5
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