Shared Experience: Moresby picture show
Charles Bush
Moresby picture show
oil on canvas on hardboard
51.4 x 40.8cm
Donald Duck’s quizzical expression establishes an interesting dialogue between the watchers and the watched. In the darkness the soldiers wearing their wet-weather gear appear transfixed by the colourful screen. Bush has chosen to capture the lighter side of service life. The day-to-day realities for a soldier in New Guinea were largely routine and boring. Distractions were necessary. This painting of servicemen watching Donald Duck at a picture show captures the lure of one of America’s most popular cultural icons.
Paintings
- Telephone exchange
Harold Freedman - Mess Deck
Jack Nichols - Moresby picture show
Charles Bush - Airmen In A Village Pub Yorkshire
Miller Brittain - Canadian Airmen in a Park
Goodridge Roberts - You'll Get Used To It
T.R. MacDonald - Waterloo Station
Colin Colahan - The fairground, Sydney 1944
Herbert Badham - Soldiers Bathing
Will Ogilvie - V.E. Day Street Party, 1945
Edwin La Dell