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Artist: Peter McIntyre (1910-1995)

Peter McIntyre enlisted in 2NZEF (Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force)in England in 1939. He was appointed New Zealand’s Official War Artist in 1941 by Major General Bernard Freyberg. Between 1941 and 1945 McIntyre followed the Second NZ Expeditionary Force in North Africa, Crete and Italy. His war art came to define the NZ soldier’s experience of the Second World War.

Peter McIntyre
2nd Lieutenant Te Moananui-A-Kiwa-Ngarimu VC

Charcoal on Paper

46 x 39.5 cm

Peter McIntyre
A Crashed German Plane

Charcoal on Paper

40.5 x 51.4 cm

Peter McIntyre
Alexandria/Leaving the Ship After Crete

Charcoal on Paper

50 x 39 cm

GJ Moyle Collection

Auckland

Artist: Peter McIntyre (1910-1995)