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Book cover of Home Guard Manual of Camouflage; featuring a soldier wearing a helmet, with camouflage to left of face. Published by Lee Miller Archives.

Home Guard Manual of Camouflage

By (author) Roland Penrose

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  • A facsimile of the practical manual, discussing the necessity for camouflage
  • Originally published in 1941 and "Officially approved by the War Office"
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In 1941, Roland Penrose became a game changer when The War Office published this Home Guard Manual. Penrose shows how to accomplish seemingly impossible visual deceptions: While Penrose, a keen naturalist, drew on influences in the natural world, his Surrealist passion for mimicry is apparent throughout the book. Patterns, textures, shading: all these artistic devices now took on serious military currency.

About the Author

Sir Roland Penrose CBE (14 October 1900 – 23 April 1984) was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the key Surrealists in Europe. During the Second World War he put his artistic skills to practical use as a teacher of camouflage. He was Lecturer to the War Office School for Instructors to the Home Guard and also a Lecturer at the Osterley Park School for Training of the Home Guard.

Specifications
Publisher
Lee Miller Archives
ISBN
9780953238972
Published
1st Jul 2025
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding USA & Canada
Size
190 mm x 132 mm
Pages
102 Pages
Illustrations
46 b&w
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