Items Similar to NCC Soldier in Barracks, 20th Century British War Oil Painting
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 6
Gordon ScottNCC Soldier in Barracks, 20th Century British War Oil Painting
About the Item
Oil on canvas
Image size: 25 x 31 inches (62.5 x 79 cm)
Hand made contemporary frame
This painting depicts the artists fellow conscientious objectors who were all part of the Non Combatant Corps.
The NCC was re-formed during August 1940. The corps was composed of conscripted men who had been registered as non-combatants by tribunals. Unlike in the Great War, there were also enlisted members of the NCC who had been deemed not physically competent for combatant service. This gave the Corps less of a stigma than it had twenty five years earlier. It was divided into 14 companies, commanded mostly by veteran officers of the First World War and reservists. During the course of the war 6,766 men served in the NCC, of whom 465 volunteered to specialise in bomb disposal, on attachment to the Royal Engineers but remaining in the NCC.
In 1944-45 some volunteered for transfer to the Royal Army Medical Corps, while retaining their non-combatant status, in order to join Parachute Field Ambulance units dropped over France on and after D-Day. Others worked in army stores, transport, agriculture, forestry, or on other projects 'not involving the handling of military material of an aggressive nature'. As in the First World War the NCC was part of the army, not a civilian unit.
During the war some members of the NCC renounced their conscientious objector status in order to serve in combat roles, sometimes as examples of German war crimes came to public attention, just as some men who had originally accepted call-up into the ordinary armed forces changed their minds, and claimed conscientious objection.
Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott was trained at the Royal College of Art (1934-38) under Gilbert Spencer, Alan Sorrell and Charles Mahoney. A reserved and highly principled man, during WWII he was a Conscientious Objector. In 1946 he joined the staff of Camberwell School of Art where he remained as a part-time teacher until 1980. He is remembered and revered by generations of Camberwell students, particularly for his lessons in drawing architecture.
Despite a lifelong, dedicated application to painting, Scott was reiticent about exhibiting. He did occasionally contribute to group shows, but his work was not seen in any great quantity until 2006, when, having turned 90, he had an exhibition at the Highgate Gallery.
- Creator:Gordon Scott (1914 - 2006, British)
- Dimensions:Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:1 of 1Price: $5,264
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU52413077692
Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott was trained at the RCA from 1934–38 under Gilbert Spencer, Alan Sorrell and Charles Mahoney. A reserved and highly principled man, during World War II, he was a conscientious objector, stationed at Bulford Camp on Salisbury Plain. His defined role is unknown, but during his time there, he produced several sketches and paintings of soldiers and other personnel who passed through the camp. In 1946, he joined the staff of Camberwell School of Art, where he remained as a part-time teacher until 1980. Scott is remembered and revered by generations of Camberwell students, particularly for his Saturday morning drawing classes amongst the architecturally stunning buildings of London, the Temple Church, the St Pancras hotel and a Nash terrace being often used as subjects. Despite a lifelong, dedicated application to painting, he was reticent about exhibiting. Scott's works have been shown at the Royal Academy, the London Group, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Cooling and Opix Galleries and the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, amongst others, but his work was not seen in any great quantity until 2006. Then, having turned 90, Scott had a solo exhibition at the Highgate Gallery.
About the Seller
5.0
Gold Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are highly rated and consistently exceed customer expectations.
Established in 2007
1stDibs seller since 2014
66 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 4 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: London, United Kingdom
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Interior of Knole House, 19th Century Oil on Canvas PaintingLocated in London, GBThis grand scene depicts the interior of Knole House, a country house and former archbishops palace. Situated within the 1,000 acre Knole Park the house ranks in the top five of Engl...Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Interior Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Prayer for Those in Peril at Sea, 19th Century English Oil PaintingBy William Gale (British)Located in London, GBOil on canvas, monogrammed lower left and inscribed on reverse Image size: 20 x 24 inches (51 x 61 cm) Original gilt frame Provenance Mrs. Georgina Gale (Artists Widow) Bristol, Br...Category
Mid-19th Century English School Interior Paintings
MaterialsOil, Canvas
- Ballet in Covent Garden, 1946Located in London, GBOil on board, signed lower right and titled and dated lower left Image size: 19 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches Contemporary hand made frameCategory
1940s Modern Interior Paintings
MaterialsOil, Board
- Ten Minute Rest, 20th Century Signed Nude Oil PaintingLocated in London, GBOil on board, signed & dated lower right Image size: 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cm) Handmade frameCategory
Mid-20th Century Interior Paintings
MaterialsOil, Board
- At the Window, Late 19th Century Oil Painting, Original FrameBy Arthur WardleLocated in London, GBOil on board, signed and dated Image size: 13 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (34.25 x 19.5 cm) Original gilt frame Arthur Wardle Wardle, who was self-taught, began painting very young and almo...Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Interior Paintings
MaterialsBoard, Oil
- Backgardens, Oil on canvas, 20th century painting, Contemporary style frameBy Alice Headley NeaveLocated in London, GBOil on canvas, signed lower left Image size: 19 x 15 inches Contemporary style frame The daughter of Dr Arthur Henry Headley Huckle, Alice was born on 6th October 1903 in Hastings. She appears to have inherited her grandfather’s artistic interests. She trained at the Slade School of Fine Art, studying with Sir Walter Restley Russell and Henry Tonks. She painted local scenes, usually in oil on board. She is noted as a prolific exhibitor. In the 1960s HMAG acquired pictures from single artist shows including Alice Headley Neave...Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
You May Also Like
- Xiaobo Ma Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Still Life I"Located in New York, NYTitle: Still Life I Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15.5 x 19.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pa...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Interior Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Soucis au Petit Pot Bleu, Floral Oil Painting Marigold Flower Bouquet in VaseBy Guy BardoneLocated in Surfside, FLFrench 1927 - 2015 Guy Bardone was born in Saint Claude, in eastern France. He is one of the important members of the French New Figurative Art. He studied under the master Maurice Brianchon, Jules Cavailles and François Desnoyer in the Ecole National Supérieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, where he befriended René Genis. In 1953, Bardone was invited to participate in a group exhibitions at the Musée Galleria in Paris titled “Celebrities and Revelations of Contemporary Painting.” In 1954, he was exhibited in the Ecole de Paris Exhibition in Galerie Charpentier. Some of the award he had won includes the price of Félix Fénéon in 1952 and the price of the Greenshields Foundation in 1957. Bardone’s work was collected by National Museum of Modern Art in Paris, National Library of France, Centre Georges Pompidou, Neuchâtel Art Museum in Switzerland, Yamagata Museum of Art in Japan, and Chimei Museum in Taiwan.From the School of Post war french artists that include Rene Genis, Rene Lesieur, Pierre Guiramand, Paul Cathelin...Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Antique American Modernist Interior Scene Young Woman Portrait Rare Oil PaintingLocated in Buffalo, NYVery impressive mid 20th century modernist interior scene. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed with a monogram. Really impressive quality and a great subject.Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- "Audience" Mid 20th Century American Figurative Theatre Performance ContemporaryBy Leon BibelLocated in New York, NY"Audience" Mid 20th Century American Figurative Theatre Performance Contemporary Leon Bibel (1912 - 1995) "The Audience," 52 ½ x 41 ¼ inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1963. Signed lower right. Framed. BIO Painter, printmaker and sculptor, Leon Bibel was born in San Francisco in 1913. He trained at the California School of Fine Arts and received a scholarship to study under the German Impressionist Maria Riedelstein. He worked in collaboration with Bernard Zackheim, a student of Diego Rivera, to create frescoes for the San Francisco Jewish Community Center and the University of California Medical School. In 1936 Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project at Harlem Art...Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Abstract Modern Painting by Benjamin BennoBy Benjamin G. BennoLocated in Long Island City, NYAn original oil painting on canvas by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 40 x 24 inches, unsigned. Provenance: O'Hara Gallery, NYC. By the early 1930's Benno had estab...Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- CourtyardLocated in Wien, 9Pötsch was an artist of the Austrian interwar period whose oeuvre can be found between moderate Expressionism and realistic tendencies. With his loosely and dynamically placed brushs...Category
1910s Modern Interior Paintings
MaterialsOil, Canvas
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
German War
German World War
20th Century British Painting
Britain War
World War Oil Painting
World War British
Oil Paintings British Royal
1944 War
German Early 20th Century Painting
Early 20th Century British Artists
Soldier Painting
Painting Of Soldier
Painting Of A Soldier
Military Oil Painting
French Military Paintings
Train Interior
Agricultural Painting
August Interiors