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Terence Cuneo CVO,OBE Born 1st November 1907 , Died 3rd January 1996. Terence Cuneo was not only one of the worlds greatest military painters, he also one of the top railway artists as well. Terence Cuneo was also the official artist for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Terence Cuneo was born in London on November 1st 1907. His parents Cyrus and Nell were both artists who met while studying with Whistler in Paris. Terence Cuneo studied at the Chelsea Polytechnic and Slade School of Art. He became an illustrator for a number of magazines and book publishers. During World War Two Terence Cuneo joined the army and became a sapper but also worked with the War Artists Advisory Committee, and in this role he produced illustrations of various factories during wartime and other wartime events. Soon after the end of the war Terence Cuneo was commissioned to produce a series of paintings of railways and their locomotives. And this was followed by being appointed the official artist for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, which helped promote Terence Cuneo to a worldwide audience and a number of major commissions followed. (An interesting trademark Cuneo painted in his paintings is a little mouse.) A major part of his paintings were commissioned by various British regiments and many of these terrific paintings are shown here In 1994 Cranston Fine Arts approached Terrence Cuneo to reproduce a number of these historical art paintings and with his consent and the consent of the regiments involved a total of 800 of each print was re produced. Sadly in 1996 Terence Cuneo passed away, but he has left us with a fantastic collection of fine paintings of military history and steam locomotive paintings, which are collected around the world and are very sought after. Terence Cuneo was admired and respected by his peers and public and a large bronze memorial statue of Terence Cuneo by Philip Jackson stands in the concourse of Waterloo Station in London. |
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The Sunger Sekayan Action in Borneo by Terence Cuneo. In August 1965, a patrol of the 2nd Green Jackets (The Kings Royal Rifle Corps) 14 platoon under lt. Michael Robertson successfully ambushed 30 Indonesian regulars. On breaking contact Rfn. Martin was found to be wounded. The painting shows sgt Hunt carrying Martin towards the RV with the platoon giving supporting fire, 14 enemy were killed or wounded. Lt Robertson was awarded the MC. |
Battle of Hyderabad, 24th March 1843 by Terence Cuneo. The painting depicts Bombay Horse Artillery 1st Troop under the command of Major Leslie (mounted in the foreground) galloping across the front of the infantry - the Cheshire Regiment, to bring his guns into action close to the enemy. Major Leslie ordered Lt Smith to go forward to find new gun positions but he is shown being cut down by the enemy on the left of the picture. The battle lasted three hours and the Mohammed had lost approximately 7,500 men with the British losses being 270. Sir Charles Napier stated the battle had been won due to the actions of the 1st Troop Bombay Horse Artillery and the Cheshire Regiment. N Battery are now part of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and celebrate the 24th of March as Hyderabad day. |
Scots Guards Fighting Through the Bocage by Terence Cuneo. Action of the right flank, 3rd Battalion Scots Guards during the advance from Caumont to Les Loges, Normandy, 30th July 1944. Commanding the Churchill tank, Lochinvar is Lt Robert Runcie later to become Archbishop of Canterbury. |
Ambush at Sanna's Post by Terence Cuneo. Four VCs were awarded to Q battery for getting their guns into action against 1,000 Boers concealed behind a ridge, near Blomenfontein in 1900. |
Lull in the Battle by Terence Cuneo. Depicting 3 Para with the Army Catering Corps at Port San Carlos, Falkland Islands, May 1982. Although catering is its prime function, the ACC takes on many extra tasks on active service. Terence Cuneos painting shows many of the duties the ACC undertook during the Falkland campaign. They were stretcher bearers, and Medical Assistants, helicopter marshalling and loading and manning weapon pits, storing weapons and ammunition and guarding prisoners and still having the evening meal ready on time. |
The Paras are Landing by Terence Cuneo. To achieve the effects Terence Cuneo needed to put this subject over with conviction, he stood on a Surrey heath watching men unload form the sky. That seemingly gentle occupation turned out to be a shade less peaceful than he might have supposed. A container came thumping down missing him by a couple of yards, followed rapidly by a paratrooper, whom he had not spotted, missing him by barely two feet. As the aim was obviously improving, Terence Cuneo decided to move on. Luckily, the grounded figures proved far less menacing to portray. (excerpt from Military paintings by Terence Cuneo) |
Sustaining Forward by Terence Cuneo. Depicting a field kitchen located on the Suadi Iraq border, serving meals to the troops of the 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats) before they moved to their pre-attack positions. Catering Corps, Gulf War. |
The Tragedy of Ulster 1976 by Terence Cuneo. Terence Cuneo has depicted a scene of street violence. The angry mod hurls abuse, missiles and petrol bombs at the soldiers who are outnumbered and restricted in their ability to repsond. Rioting of this sort became less prevalent through the increased efficiency of the Police and Army in containing it, but Terence Cuneos reconstruction typifies the dangerous situation the secuirty forces in Ulster faced during the 1970s. Published in 1977 by the Army and Navy Club, Pall Mall, London. |
Saving the Guns at Le Cateau by Terence Cuneo. Captain Reynold and drivers Luke and Drain saving the guns of 37th Battery from advancing German Infantry, all three were awarded the Victoria Cross. |
The Chestnut Troop by Terence Cuneo. Showing the troop on exercise in Germany, October 1964, showing a Ferret scout car and forward observer Centurian Tank and one of the six 155mm Howitzer of the battery. |
The Defence of Calaise by Terence Cuneo. Depicting members of the 1st battalion The Rifle brigade in the defence of Calais in 1940 during which for four days they held off the repeated attacks of German tanks and infantry thus facilitating the successful evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk. |
Leeson Street Patrol by Terence Cuneo. Members of R Company The Royal Green Jackets in action during their 4 month operational tour of Northern Ireland in September 1971. |
The Raising of the Green Howards by Terence Cuneo. Depicts the raising of the Green Howards by Colonel Francis Luttrell at Dunster Castle, Somerset, 16th November 1688. |
The Price of Freedom by Terence Cuneo. The painting represents the embodiment of the entire British Army. |
Battle of Tumbledown Mountain by Terence Cuneo. On the 14th June 1982 the 2nd battalion Scots Guards captured one of the most strongly defended Argentine positions of the Falklands campaign, their losses were 9 killed and 43 wounded. |
Last Stand of the 5th (Gibraltar) Battery by Terence Cuneo. 26-27th May 1918, 5th Batterys gun position was overrun by German Infantry, the Battery Commander and two subalterns rallied the surviving men and with Lewis gun and rifles attempted to beat off the attack. Only four gunners survived. |
Terence Cuneo - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. A true and ungarnished reconstruction of the famous fight in the O.K. Corral, between the three Earp brothers and the Clanton gang. It is based on a rough sketch approved by Wyatt Earp himself (centre left) shortly before the frontier Marshal's death at the age of eighty two. |
The Kidney Ridge action by Terence Cuneo. Members of the 2nd battalion The Rifle Brigade and 239 Battery RA knocking out at least 32 enemy tanks during the desert campaign on 27th October 1942, Lieutenant VB Turner was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action. |
The Battle of Monte Cassino by Terence Cuneo. Depicting the 8th Army artillery firing on the last Battle of Cassino, 600 guns destroyed the remaining German defences. |
The Battle of Medenine, 6th march 1943, by Terence Cuneo. The anti Tank guns of the Left Flank Company 2nd battalion Scots Guards, during the battle of Medenine, The scene depicts the moment when Lt F A L Waldrons Platoon knocked out three German tanks as they came over the crest of the ridge. |
Sword Beach by Terence Cuneo. Pioneers were among the first British troops to land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, by 1st August 1944 there were over 35,500 pioneers in Normandy. The painting shows the various activities of the pioneers during the D-Day landings. |
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