The Messerschmitt in Windsor Great Park

Mediums: paper, pastel, graphite, watercolor.
Location: The Tate Gallery, London (the UK).

Briefly about the painting:

Shortly after the beginning of World War II, Paul Nash became an official war artist of the Royal Air Force. He studied airplanes, took pictures from above, despite asthma. His drawings and paintings from that period are vivid reinterpretations of the scenes he saw. He was especially interested in the bizarre relationship between natural peaceful landscapes and the destructive invasion of artificial forms and objects. In this picture, a crashed German plane that fell in a park has totem-like outlines, underscored by the distinct shadow of the cross.