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Description: | This is one of a series of 39 paintings produced by Stephen
Chaplin based upon his memories of growing up during the Second
World War in Orpington.
This painting shows the young Stephen
Chaplin and his mother in the shelter under the stairs during a
night bombing raid in 1940. During the raids it was his job to
turn off the gas and electricity, the pipes can be seen behind
their heads.
Stephen Chaplin was born in 1934 and lived in
Orpington from 1938 until 1956. He studied art at the Slade
School of Fine Art in London and then art history at the
Courtauld Institute. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bromley Museum | Rights holder: | Stephen Chaplin | Subjects: | London at War Art and Design | Temporal: | 9.12.2004 | Source: | Bromley Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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