Last Flight Home must be one of
the most acclaimed and well-remembered of all Robert Taylor’s
great MasterWork paintings. Painted in warm glowing colours and
set within the glorious confines of the beautiful English countryside,
this is one of the most memorable studies of the mighty Avro
Lancaster bomber ever created. The peace and tranquillity of
haymaking is momentarily disturbed by the thunderous return of
a squadron of Lancasters. All eyes on the ground turn skywards
as the great four-engined aircraft of the last flight home make
their final approach to the neighbouring airfield after a raid
over enemy territory. The men of Bomber Command have come home.
It was these brave men to whom Winston Churchill turned when
he saw no other route to victory except the destruction of industrial
Germany.
Robert Taylor’s wonderful painting, originally created over
a quarter of a century ago to commemorate the 50th Anniversary
of Bomber Command, is the latest of Robert Taylor’s famous
MasterWorks to be enhanced by the creation of the new Giclée
Studio Proofs |