![]() ![]() ![]() Wilkinson never expected for his camouflage to hide a ship, but to confuse a U-boat commander before he’d even fired his torpedoes. So how could it possibly help a ship avoid being torpedoed? Norman Wilkinson’s dazzle camouflage was certainly eye-catching. So how did Wilkinson use art to fight the war at sea? Sweeping lines, large geometric shapes and violent contrasts of colour. Wilkinson’s idea looked more like something from a cubist painting. And so no single pattern of camouflage could hide these ships from a U-Boat’s periscope. The weather at sea, particularly around the British coasts, constantly changes. We commonly associate military camouflage with using neutral colours to blend in to the natural world. Most were painted a uniform shade of black or grey. Without it, Britain’s war would be lost.Īn English artist, named Norman Wilkinson, had a remarkable idea to protect these ships from the U-Boat threat.ĭuring his wartime service in the Navy, Wilkinson realised it was impossible to conceal vessels effectively at sea. Their main targets were the merchant ships carrying the food and military supplies that sustained the allied war effort. These deadly submarines patrolled the waters of the United Kingdom watching for ships to destroy. In 1917 Britain and her allies were losing hundreds of ships every month to German U-boats. How did an artist use Cubism to fight the war at sea? Video transcript – Wilkinson’s dazzling idea ![]()
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