Deirdre Henty-Creer (Australian 20th Century, 1928-2012), Portsmouth Harbour, oil on canvas, signed bottom left, framed. Measurements 63 x 73 cm, framed measurements 77.2 x 90.7 cm.

Show card attached verso for Bartley Drey Gallery, London for exhibition show 2nd-14th June 1997 and exhibition leaflet for Transvaal Wildlife and Sea Paintings 13th-31st July 1971 at the Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London

Deirdre Henty-Creer (1928-2012) was an Australian artist born in Sydney, but spent much of her working life in the UK. Her earliest years were spent living on a destroyer ship commanded by her father before relocating to the UK with her mother, using England as a base whilst travelling Europe and Asia as a family. She had a very cultural upbringing, with family friends including Alexander Korda, Peter Ustinov and Nadia Benois. She and her family maintained a life-long connection to the military, through the career of her father and loss of her brother during World War Two, which greatly influenced the subjects of her artwork.