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Sections of buoyancy tank and floating caissons, Sydney graving dock

Working for the Civil Constructional Corps, McClintock was part of manpower initiatives to provide a labour force for the large civil engineering projects across Australia that were necessary for the defence of the country. Even before the war his interest in non-representational art waned and he started to view his subjects from a political perspective. The war provided him with subjects he could sketch in the field and complete in his studio. His social-realist paintings celebrate the achievements of men working on these large technological projects.

Varnished gouache on cardboard 50.5 x 73.5 cm
Painted in Sydney, c. 1943-44
Presented by the Allied Works Council in 1945
Australian War Memorial
ART30254

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