Get item URLs Denis Anthony La Fontaine Get item URLs Ian Steele Loughran Get item URLs Polly Singh Get item URLs Joseph Arul Raj Get item URLs K S Raman Get item URLs Miscellaneous Artists Get item URLs RIAF Water Colours by Capt H H Sheldon These water colour paintings were done by the official war artist Capt H H Sheldon and were reproduced in the 1946 published book - The Royal Indian Air Force at War - An account of air operations in South East Asia. Get item URLs Derek Bunce Derek Bunce did a number of paintings related to the Indian Air Force for the Society of Aerospace Studies - Publishers of Vayu Magazine. The first of these was done in 1982 for the 50th Anniversary Book published by Ducimus. Further paintings are feature Page: 1 « Jump to Album » Modelling the... -- Polly Singh's... -- -- 1/72 Lindberg SE 5a -- -- Frog / Novell... -- -- Airfix 1/72... -- -- Match Box 1/72... -- -- Monogram 1/48... -- -- 1/24 Trumpeter... -- -- Airfix 1/72... -- -- Monogram 1/48... -- -- Revell Frog 1/72 ... -- -- Spitfire Parade... -- -- Academy and... -- -- Academy 1/48 ... -- -- Match Box 1/72 ... -- -- Occidental 1/48... -- -- Italeri 1/72... -- -- Italeri 1/72 Bell... -- -- Heller 1/72... -- -- Matchbox 1/72... -- -- Hobbycraft 1/72... -- -- Canberra Farewell... -- -- Aeroclub 1/72... -- -- Black Panthers... -- -- Academy 1/48... -- -- Alliance 1/72... -- -- Fujimi 1/72... -- -- KP 1/72 ... -- -- Airfix, Heller... -- -- 1/72 The Indian... -- -- Fujimi MiG-21PF, ... -- -- Hasegawa 1/72... -- -- Heller 1/72... -- -- 1/72 Italeri Hawk... -- Rupesh Santoshi's... -- -- Matchbox 1/72... -- -- Matchbox 1/72... -- -- Hasegawa 1/72... -- -- Hasegawa 1/72... -- -- Eastern Express... -- Murli Rajan 's... -- -- 1:48 Academy... -- -- Academy MiG-29... -- -- Academy 1:48... -- -- MiG-29UB -- -- Tamiya 1/72 MiG-29 -- -- Hasegawa 1/72... -- -- 1/72 Mirage 2000 -- -- Zvezdz 1/72... -- -- Dornier Do-228 -- -- Hawker Hunter F.56 -- -- Academy 1/72... -- -- Academy MiG-23 in... -- -- SEPECAT Jaguar IS -- -- SEPECAT Jaguar IB -- -- MiG-21M -- -- MiG-23MF -- -- Mil Mil-35... -- -- Italeri 1/72... -- -- Hawker Hurricane IIc -- -- Spitfire FR.XIV -- -- P8-I Posiedon -- -- BAe Hawk Mk. 132 -- -- 1:48 Su-30MK1 -- Misc Modeller... -- -- Hasegawa 1/48... -- -- Hasegawa 1/72... -- -- Matchbox 1/72... -- -- Aeroclub 1/48 HAL... -- -- Academy 1/48... -- -- OEZ N02 1/48... -- -- Tamiya 1/100... -- -- Academy 1/48... -- -- Academy 1/48... -- -- Eastern Express... -- -- KP Models 1/72 ... -- -- ESCI 1/48 MiG-23UM -- -- Trumpeter 1/144... -- -- Revell 1/48 Mil... -- -- Revell 1/32 Mig-29 -- -- Italeri 1/72 MiG-29 -- -- Italeri 1/72 MiG-29 -- -- InAir 1/100 MiG-29 -- -- Trumpeter 1/48... -- -- Academy 1/48... -- Aamod Potdar's... -- -- Academy 1/48... -- -- Italeri 1/72... -- -- Italeri 1/72... -- -- Italeri 1/72 Sea ... -- -- Balsa Wood 1/72... -- -- Academy 1/48 Mig ... -- -- Tamiya 1/72 Mi-25... Indian Air Force ... -- Stamps -- Special and First... -- Brochures and... Aviation Art -- Denis Anthony La ... -- Ian Steele Loughran -- Polly Singh -- Joseph Arul Raj -- K S Raman -- Miscellaneous... -- Derek Bunce History -- The RIAF in World... -- -- RIAF Water... -- -- No.4 Squadron in ... -- -- No.4 Squadron in ... -- -- Sqn Ldr M S Pujji... -- -- Sqn Ldr MS Pujji... -- -- No.8 Squadron -... -- -- No.8 Squadron -... -- -- Frank Shelton's... -- The Era of the... -- -- 54th Pilots Course -- -- Group Captain B S... -- -- Tenure with No.3 ... -- -- The Battle Axes' ... -- -- 65th Pilots Course -- -- Instructional Duties -- -- No.2 Squadron -... -- -- No.2 Squadron -... -- -- No.2 Squadron -... -- -- 70th Pilots Course -- -- No.20 Squadron... -- -- 101 PR Sqn, 2 Sqn... -- -- No.23 Squadron - ... -- -- 71st Pilots Course -- The Glorious... -- -- No.45 Squadron... -- -- Plane Spotting at... -- The... -- -- 114 Helicopter Unit -- 1971 War -- -- Gp Capt Harish... -- The Last Quarter ... -- -- Group Captain B S... -- -- Wg Cdr P M Ahuja ... -- -- Air Vice Marshal ... Memorials and... -- Flight Crew... -- 9 Wing Memorial... -- Frozen Tear... -- Vijay Smarak and ... -- Wall of Silence... Medal Gallery -- World War II Groups -- 1947-48 Jammu &... -- The Bangladesh... Collectibles -- LP Album Record -... Museums -- Air Force Station... -- Air Force Station... Patches -- Squadron Patches -- Crest Patches -- Type Patches -- Missile Units -- Qualification... -- Special Teams -- Miscellaneous -- Exercises Advanced Search

This page is excerpted from the article "Aviation Artists" that was written by Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava and published in "INDIAN AVIATION". Reproduced here with permission.

There have always been enthusiastic pilots, other aircrew and airmen in the Indian Air Force (IAF) who expressed their passion for aviation through paintings. Most Officers’, Senior Non-Commissioned Officers’ and Airmen’s messes exhibit paintings, usually in bars, dining rooms and anterooms. Many aviation paintings adorn offices, especially of senior officers. Unfortunately, unlike public property, such as silver, furniture etc, paintings do not always show up in the inventories during handing over and assuming charge when personnel change.

The result at times is disastrous An Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of a Command was told by an artist that many works which were present before he took over had gone missing. The AOC-in-C instituted a Court of Inquiry and succeeded in retrieving three paintings, which had been illegally sold. But some were never found again. He also commissioned some paintings to make up the losses. Another source of routine loss of aviation art is the whitewashing or redecoration of rooms where they are displayed. Of course the paintings have to be taken down and stored carefully. Surprisingly they do not always find their way back to their original area of display. The story of one such painting lost and found is explained in Dennis La Fontaine's story.

There is an obvious need in the Air Force, and perhaps in the other services as well, to start officially recording details of the assets of aviation art. These should then form a part of official inventories for handing over to successors, exactly like other public property. It would also be nice, if the history of each work is recorded along with information about the artist and held in official files. A copy of relevant details may be pasted to the back of the painting so that a ready reference to it would always be possible. There is a painting by Raja Ravi Verma, which at a conservative estimate would be worth 60 or 70 lac rupees. Presumably, it is being held and cared for in the manner requested here. Otherwise, it would have gone missing long ago and sold abroad for far more money through an auction house such as Christies.