Harry Blacker (Nero) 1910-1999
Stick Picket: Night Patrol around Camp Perimeter 1942, 1942
woodcut on paper
33 x 19 cm
framed: 59 x 44 x 2.7 cm
framed: 59 x 44 x 2.7 cm
signed (lower right corner): 'Harry Blacker'
2016-26
© Harry Blacker (Nero) estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Poperinghe Barracks is in Arborfield, Berkshire. During the Second World War, cartoonist Harry 'Nero' Blacker served as a sergeant in the Royal Artilliary and taught signwriting to servicemen before they...
Poperinghe Barracks is in Arborfield, Berkshire. During the Second World War, cartoonist Harry 'Nero' Blacker served as a sergeant in the Royal Artilliary and taught signwriting to servicemen before they were demobbed. His woodcuts from this period show humour, an eye for detail and a decisive use of line.