PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Dion Pears Painting
View Single Post
Old 27th Dec 2005, 20:54
  #1 (permalink)  
Milarity
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Lincoln
Posts: 40
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Dion Pears Painting

Merry Christmas to One and All.
Could any of you help me with unravelling a small mystery?
I spent today being dragged around my wife’s relatives, dishing out seasonal good wishes and scoffing mince pies. In a gloomy hallway of a Great Aunt’s rambling house I spotted an oil painting by Dion Pears. Having never heard of him, a quick Google revealed a prolific painter of classic cars and aircraft. This particular painting is of a pair of F100 Super Sabres preparing for flight, with 2 more flying past and 3 more just vague outlines in the background. The aircraft that is the main focus of the picture has the serial number FW000 painted on the fuselage above the wing. The sky is vast, dark and threatening rain. The frame is very simple painted wood, carrying a brass plaque inscribed with the following:

“This painting was liberated by Eastern Radar in Sep 79 and returned in Oct 79 suitably enhanced”.

Does this description ring a bell with anyone that may shed some light on its provenance?

Many thanks, M.
Milarity is offline