Cho Do coastline, Korea

Place Approximate locations: At sea, Nearest landform, At sea (off Korean coast)
Accession Number ART40021
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 33.2 x 42.7 cm; image: 28.2 x 38.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour, pen and ink, carbon pencil on grey paper
Maker Norton, Frank
Place made At sea
Date made 1952
Conflict Korea, 1950-1953
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A view from the deck of the Australian destroyer HMAS Warramunga (I) towards the island of Cho Do, Korea. The American landing support ship (LSSL 107) is visible in the distance. Painted by official war artist Frank Norton during his first Korean patrol this image is evidence of the artists's concern to convey a sense of the Korean coastal landscape and waterways where the Royal Australian Navy was operating. Cho Do was one of 6 islands identified as strategically important by the UN Forces.

Norton was deployed to Korea from June to August 1952 in his letter's to the Memorial's director he wrote 'I regret that my period here doesn't include part of the winter - from the point of view of variety of subject matter - at present it is extremely hot and humid - and the conditions are tropical - like the Pacific work however the 'location' is quite different.'