Artist: Frank Dobson
Data: 1918
Dydis: 2 x 76 cm
Muziejus: Imperial War Museums (London, United Kingdom)
technika: Oil
Apron screens came into use shortly before the end of the First World War in response to attacks by German Gotha bombers on London. They consisted of three balloons, 500 yards apart, joined together by a heavy steel cable. No enemy aircraft were actually caught in their nets but they did force enemy aircraft to fly higher, reducing their effectiveness as bombers and making them morevulnerable to attack.The possibility of a painting of the barrage balloon apron was raised by Charles Foulkes, secretary and curator of the Imperial War Museum, after a visit to the Thames estuary in August 1918, and Dobson was suggested to paint it.
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