Little known British painter, however he is listed in the fine art lexicons and known to the auction houses across Europe. He served in the British army in Salonika in 1917 where he painted the hospital ship, “Lanfranc” sailing off Salonika with Mount Olympus is in the background. Lanfranc had accommodation for 403 wounded. It was sunk by the German submarine UB40 on the 17th April 1917, while bound for Southampton. 17 British and 17 German patients were lost. The painting was part of the David Cohen Fine Art Gallery collection, previously sold by the Auction House Bonhams on 26th of June 2006 (lot number 967).
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Where is the grave of Gerard Chowne?
For some painters, Macedonia was their final destination. Gerard Henry Tilson Chowne (1875 India – 1917 Macedonia) was a British painter that was educated at