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The late Frank Wootton can be credited with giving aviation art a bold new direction,
transforming the genre from illustration to fine art. A gifted young artist when WWII broke out,
Wootton volunteered for the Royal Air Force, but was invited by the commander-in-chief of
the Allied Air Forces to accept a special duty commission as official war artist to the R.A.F.
and Royal Canadian Air Force. Thus, between 1939 and 1945, Wootton painted the conflict
from the front lines of France to remote airstrips in Southeast Asia. His aerial scenes brilliantly
recreated the threat of enemy fire, the split- second maneuvers of fighter planes and the
triumph of victory. After the war, Wootton’s paintings gained international recognition. His
works hang in major aviation museums throughout the world, and he has painted numerous
state occasions involving the R.A.F. and the Royal Family. In 1983 some fifty of his paintings
were exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Following his
death, Wootton remains one the aviation’s most widely respected artists.
transforming the genre from illustration to fine art. A gifted young artist when WWII broke out,
Wootton volunteered for the Royal Air Force, but was invited by the commander-in-chief of
the Allied Air Forces to accept a special duty commission as official war artist to the R.A.F.
and Royal Canadian Air Force. Thus, between 1939 and 1945, Wootton painted the conflict
from the front lines of France to remote airstrips in Southeast Asia. His aerial scenes brilliantly
recreated the threat of enemy fire, the split- second maneuvers of fighter planes and the
triumph of victory. After the war, Wootton’s paintings gained international recognition. His
works hang in major aviation museums throughout the world, and he has painted numerous
state occasions involving the R.A.F. and the Royal Family. In 1983 some fifty of his paintings
were exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Following his
death, Wootton remains one the aviation’s most widely respected artists.
Frank Wootton
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