John Hornbuckle (British, 20th century). This painting comes from a portfolio of works depicting World War II Naval aviation scenes, consisting mainly of oil paintings on paper. The artworks are unsigned, acquired from auction and attributed to John Hornbuckle by the vendor- 'He was a Naval Officer based at Royal Naval Air Station HMS Condor, Arbroath, specialising in meteorology'. There were other slightly more contemporary lots in the auction alongside these paintings, by Ros and Nora Hornbuckle. Nora Hornbuckle born in Nottingham 1930 daughter of Frank Hornbuckle b 1897 and Fanny Whitsed. There is a John Hornbuckle b. 1905 in Nottingham that could be franks brother, but more research would need to be done to narrow it down. RNAS Arbroath was first established in 1938 as a Fleet Air Arm facility, also known as HMS Condor, two miles North West of Arbroath. These paintings would have been done around the time Condor was established / 2nd World War, which would put John in his early to mid 30's. On the reverse of one of the paintings is a printed Geostropic Wind Map, with hand drawn detail to the Atlantic Ocean and other number inscriptions.

The last image details part of the whole collection. This listing is for one painting, as detailed below.

Oil on heavy smooth wove paper, painted using a palette knife. This painting has the Geostropic printed wind map verso, with hand drawn detailed and number notes.

Reasonable condition, showing aged wear. There is light handling and minor creases to the paper corners, minor surface paint loss to a couple of areas and other minor surface marks/blemishes. The painting could benefit from a light clean.

Painting to paper edge measures 47.5cm x 43cm.