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Arthur Lismer
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Arthur Lismer was an English born-Canadian painter, member of the Group of Seven and educator. He is known primarily as a landscape painter and for his paintings of ships in dazzle camouflage.
Portrait by Melvin Ormond Hammond, 1930
Portrait by Melvin Ormond Hammond, 1930
RMS Olympic in dazzle at Pier 2 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
RMS Olympic in dazzle at Pier 2 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Group of seven artists: Frederick Varley, A. Y. Jackson, Lawren Harris, Fairley, Frank Johnston (artist), Arthur Lismer, and J. E. H. MacDonald
Group of seven artists: Frederick Varley, A. Y. Jackson, Lawren Harris, Fairley, Frank Johnston (artist), Arthur Lismer, and J. E. H. MacDonald
The Jack Pine, by Tom Thomson
The Jack Pine, by Tom Thomson
Dazzle camouflage
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Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painting, is a type of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credite
Arthur Lismer
…English born-Canadian painter, member of the Group of Seven and educator. He is known primarily as a landscape painter and for his paintings of ships in dazzle camouflage. Lismer was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, the son of Harriet and Edward Lismer, a draper's buyer. At age thirteen, he apprenticed at a…
USS West Mahomet in dazzle camouflage, 1918
USS West Mahomet in dazzle camouflage, 1918
Eyepiece image of a warship in a naval coincidence rangefinder, image halves not yet adjusted for range. The target's masts are especially useful for
Eyepiece image of a warship in a naval coincidence rangefinder, image halves not yet adjusted for range. The target's masts are especially useful for rangefinding, so Kerr proposed disrupting these with white bands.
Claimed effectiveness: Artist's conception of a U-boat commander's periscope view of a merchant ship in dazzle camouflage (left) and the same ship unc
Claimed effectiveness: Artist's conception of a U-boat commander's periscope view of a merchant ship in dazzle camouflage (left) and the same ship uncamouflaged (right), Encyclopædia Britannica, 1922. The conspicuous markings obscure the ship's heading.
A naval coincidence rangefinder, c. 1930
A naval coincidence rangefinder, c. 1930