Gerald Maurice Burn was an artist and engraver. He exhibited at the Royal Academy 1881-1887 and was working on ship portraits in 1915. In the "Evening Post" for 29 January 1913, Page 4, he is described as "an artist residing at Amberley, near Arundel".
Painting of ‘HMAS Australia’, 1913 oil on canvas, signed and dated ‘Gerald M. Burn, 1913'. Artist: Gerald Maurice Burn (British, 1862-1945).
The picture shows HMS Vindictive - a British Arrogant-class cruiser built at Chatham Dockyard. She was launched on 9 December 1897 and completed in 1899. It looks as though the other vessel may be one of the Mersey Ferries that took part in the Raid.
Early in 1918 HMS Vindictive was fitted out for the Zeebrugge Raid. Most of her guns were replaced by Howitzers, flame-throwers and mortars. On 23 April 1918 she was in fierce action at Zeebrugge when she went alongside the Mole, and her upperworks were badly damaged by gunfire. Her Captain, Alfred Carpenter, was awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions during the raid. The painting hangs in the Britannia Royal Naval College.
With thanks to the Rev. Nicholas Pye @RevdPye on Twitter for finding this painting.
Stepan Feodorovich Kolesnikov lived and worked in Tsarist Russia and the USSR.
Three paintings by Stepan found for us by Ognyan Hristov and posted on the Facebook Group
Artists of the First World War https://www.facebook.com/groups/385353788875799
′′ On alert (post) ", 1914, pencil and guash on paper.
′′ Messenger in the Caucasian Mountains ", 1915, ink and guash on cardboard.
