A STATION ART EXHIBITION - RAF Station Medmenham in Buckinghamshire has recently held its own art exhibition. On this station, the hitherto secret photographic reconnaissance interpretation and model-making activities have been carried on throughout the war by specially selected personnel, among whom are to be found some of the best known names in prewar artistic circles. These artists spend much of their off-duty time sketching local scenes. Long before was mooted parties of interested persons met periodically for criticism and suggestion. They included in their numbers artists who hav
A STATION ART EXHIBITION - RAF Station Medmenham in Buckinghamshire has recently held its own art exhibition. On this station, the hitherto secret photographic reconnaissance interpretation and model-making activities have been carried on throughout the war by specially selected personnel, among whom are to be found some of the best known names in prewar artistic circles. These artists spend much of their off-duty time sketching local scenes. Long before was mooted parties of interested persons met periodically for criticism and suggestion. They included in their numbers artists who have exhibited at the Royal Academy, some who were on the staffs of leading art schools and colleges, and many well known illustrators and cartoonists. To house these activities part of an old cook house was fitted out as the station art room. Portrait classes were held regularly throughout the winter months and later on more ambitious classes were planned. Many of the artists painted wall and stage decorations for local dramatic productions and interesting murals for the combined mess and assembly hall. The notice board in the main building was covered with posters advertising station shows, art and architecture talks, sports, dramatics and other functions. Fourteen days after Medmenham launched an ambitious programme. There were requests for no fewer than 37 art and allied subjects, and more than three hundred students, officers as well as other ranks, were enrolled in the art classes. The fact that authority gave permission to practice in working hours, instead of entirely in off-duty hours, meant that considerably more time could be devoted to their particular subjects. Landscape classes were organised, and those who desired tuition sketched or painted under the supervision of a competent instructor. Others, who were already experts worked on their own at selected studies. Classrooms were made available for classes in sculpture, pottery, commercial art, f
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