Peter McIntyre (artist)
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Peter McIntyre was a New Zealand painter and author who rose to prominence as a result of artwork produced in his capacity as an official war artist during the Second World War.
McIntyre (right) with Prime Minister Walter Nash in May 1958
McIntyre's portrait of Major General Bernard Freyberg, who selected him to be the official war artist of the 2NZEF
McIntyre's depiction of the airborne attack by German forces at Canea, a city on Crete
McIntyre with Lady Wavell, the wife of General Archibald Wavell, at an exhibition of his work in Cairo, 1941
Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, was a British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th governor-general of New Zealand from 1946 to 1
Peter McIntyre (artist)
…Anti-tank Battery. By 1940, he was serving in the Middle East with the 2nd New Zealand Division, where his artwork caught the attention of Major General Bernard Freyberg, the commander of the 2NZEF. Freyberg appointed him the official war artist of the 2NZEF, and McIntyre went on to produce many notable works depicting…
Freyberg in 1952
Bernard Freyberg c. 1904. at Te Aro Baths, now the site of The Freyberg Pool
Freyberg with Sub Lieutenant Rupert Brooke at Lemnos, 1915.
Bernard Freyberg in 1919