A painting of Thelma Bader (1907 - 1971) the wife of Wing-Commander Douglas Bader, D.S.O., D.F.C.,
Painted in 1942, astonishingly at the same time as Wing Commander Bader, the famed and inspirational RAF fighter pilot, had been captured and held prisoner by the Germans in occupied mainland Europe.
The painting was used in May 1942 as the front cover to Woman's Journal magazine (copy illustrated)
A truly beautiful portrait painted at the height of the artist's popularity.
Signed and dated Jagger 1942 lower left
Exhibited:
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Institute of OiI Painters
Suffolk Street Galleries, London 1942, no.23.
The work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of David Jagger by Timothy Dickson.
Details and Pricing
Media: Oil on canvas
Size: 49.5 x 42 cm
SOLD
