MI6's official painter

Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
The painter James Hart Dyke was given "full Access" to the MI6 to make paintings. Here are some of the results:



Agent giving information to SIS officer

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Liason meeting

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Oluf Reed- Olsen

Based of a WWII photo of a Norwegian SIS agent transmitting to the UK

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Meeting an agent

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There are more, but there are some of the ones I found interesting

Comments

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    James Hart Dyke is a Bondian painter, if that's possible. He like to hike in the mountains and paint there:


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    He has made a series of paintings about Aston Martin

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    He also went to Afghanistan to paint the war:

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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    Good stuff!
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Interesting. The concept is rather like those inside court paintings of witnesses and defendants that you see on the News here in the UK.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Amazing, I didn't think they still had official war artists .
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  • DutchJamesBondFanDutchJamesBondFan the NetherlandsPosts: 414MI6 Agent
    Very cool, it's a cool style that he paints. The second image reminds me of the Connery/Moore MI6 sets.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,702MI6 Agent
    If they ever print a more expensive edition of Fleming's novels, James Hart Dyke would be great at painting the illustrations.
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