Douglas Ettridge (1929 -2009) - Night Flight - Oil on Canvas 1989 P3340
A gorgeous commemoration of the heroic age of flying, in thrall as we ALL still are to its romance, adventure and its illustrious history. We read Varney Speed Lines on the fuselage... the plane is a Lockheed Model 9 Orion, and yes, that is San Francisco Bay below, already twinkling in the twilight.
The canvas measures 24" high x 36" and the frame is 29 1/2" x 41 1/2".
Douglas Ettridge (1927–2009) was an aviation and motoring artist in oil, acrylic, gouache and watercolour, working in both his native Britain and the United States. Born in north London, as a child he regularly sketched the planes he saw, including the Nazi warplanes over London at the height of the Blitz. He left school at sixteen and worked for a commercial artist whilst attending night school. This tuition and support, coupled with his own inherent abilities, enabled him to gain a strong understanding of how to paint almost any subject. In the 1950s Douglas Ettridge became a prominent member of the newly formed Society of Aviation Artists, whose members held an annual show at The Guildhall, London. Other early members included Gerald Coulson, Terence Cuneo, Roy Nockolds, David Shepherd, Norman Wilkinson and Frank Wootton.
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Varney Air Service started operating from San Francisco (Alameda) to Los Angeles in January 1932. The name was soon changed to Varney Speed Lines. The service was discontinued in early 1933 to concentrate on a new route from Los Angeles to Mexico City. This was known alternatively as Varney Speed Lines System or Líneas Aéreas Occidentales. The route was abandoned in 1934 and the founder, Walter T. Varney, transferred his interest to the Southwest Division of Varney Speed Lines (the future Continental Airlines), set up to carry the mail between Pueblo and El Paso. |
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