'Coastal Scene, Morotai'. A well-executed watercolour on paper (an impressive 274 × 397 mm) mounted on cardboard and captioned on the original attached mat (external dimensions 405 × 505 mm). The painting (featuring tents and simply-constructed dwellings nestled among palm trees), is in fine condition; the mat has a thin light tidemark along the bottom left-hand margin
The artist is unidentified, but he was possibly attached to No. 9 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF (9 RSU). The Australian War Memorial website states that in 1945 three artists already serving with the RAAF were seconded to the RAAF War History Section as artists - Harold Freedman (1915-1999), Max..... More