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THBSketch of one Mural Site at Pendleton Field Air Base, Oregon, by Richard W. Baldwin
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Richard Wood Baldwin (American, 1921-2012). Watercolor on paper, framed, unsigned; 12.5 x 20.75 in. (sight), 21.5 x 31.5 in. (frame).
The sketch depicts two murals installed in theater #1 at Pendleton Field, Flying Command and Service Command.
Baldwin completed a total of eight murals at Pendleton Field in 1943 and 1944. All the murals were oil on canvas or oil on masonite, and located in various rooms of the facility, including theaters and a Service Club.
Pendleton Field opened in early 1941 as a site for an Army Corps station in the Northwest Air District and was named after Senator George Pendleton of Ohio. The overall mission of the new airbase was to train combat crews, specifically bombardment unit training. Later during the war, in 1944, its mission aligned with that of many other military airbases, focusing more heavily on supply and maintenance operations, which caused important cutbacks. By the end of the year, the airbase was in fact declared inactive, and though reactivated for a few months, it was declared "surplus property"at the end of 1945. No longer managed by the War Department, it fell under municipal supervision. The murals were removed after the war, and are believed to have been destroyed.
Richard Baldwin, originally from Pennsylvania, served in the Air Force during WWII and doubled as a combat artist during that time. All of the murals at Pendleton Field, including the two represented here, were completed prior to Baldwin's service in the Air Force, mostly in the Western Pacific. A number of sketches depicting his experience during several of these campaigns and battles are also included in this auction.
Literature:
The Oregon Encyclopedia
https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pendleton_field/Brown University Library, Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/collections/id_619/search_field=&q=Baldwin%2C+Richard+Wood+%28artist%29Daily Local News, Richard W. Baldwin Obituary
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailylocal/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=157068658A few scratches to the frame.Condition
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