Oil Painting Last Moments of U-501

Art

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Royal Canadian Military Institute

Name/Title

Oil Painting "Last Moments of U-501"

Entry/Object ID

1995.5.1

Description

Oil painting (oil on canvas) "Last Moments of U-501, Sunk While Attacking Convoy SC-42, off Greenland coast, 11th September 1941." Rowley Murphy, RCA, OSA. Detail depicts dramatic ramming of submarines

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Made/Created

Artist

Rowley W. Murphy (1891-1975) Canadian

Date made

1941 - 1942

Notes

Date: 1941

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

lower left corner

Dimensions

Height

100 cm

Width

117.5 cm

Dimension Notes

39.5 x 46.25 inches