An impressive framed print by William Draper.  Dimensions: 33.5"x27.5"

About the artist: 

Draper was commissioned as a Lieutenant JG in the Naval Reserve in June 1942. His first assignment was with the Anti-Submarine Warfare Unit in Boston. He transferred to the Art Section in Washington DC and shortly thereafter was sent to Alaska where he spent over five months in the Aleutian Island Chain Painting a series of 42 oils including Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, Umnak, Adak and Amchitka. He was present at the initial occupation and also the Japanese attack on Amchitka Island. He depicted the attack with bombs bursting and shells flying within close range of his foxhole. In making this series of paintings he ran into difficulties peculiar to the climate of the Aleutian such as eccentric winds blowing his canvas into the air like a kite and conditions of arctic weather that made painting only possible by wearing gloves to keep his hands from freezing.

After his return from Alaska he was designated to paint the portrait of Rear Admiral J.R. Beardall the Superintendent of the Naval Academy. Upon completion of the portrait he was assigned to the Pacific where he painted various naval activities at Noumea and other Bases. He was commissioned to paint the Portraits of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Admiral William F. Halsey.

William Draper passed away in 2003