The paintings of Terence Cuneo are distinctive for their bright colours, intricate detail, and subjects of industry and military. Probably most well-known as a painter of railways, such as ‘Royal Scot’ on display in The Postal Museum, Cuneo shot to fame as the official artist for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.<\/p>\n
Born in London in 1907 to an Italian American father and a British mother who were both artists, Cuneo trained at the Chelsea Polytechnic and the Slade School of Art. Having found work as a magazine illustrator, he went on to serve as a sapper for the Royal Engineers during WWII. The artist was also commissioned by the Foreign Office to produce anti-Nazi images. A pencil drawing shows Londoners being herded onto trains, perhaps creating a subtle yet ominous parallel with the Nazi\u2019s treatment of the Jewish people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”8px||11px|||” custom_padding=”10px||4px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||51px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Terence-Cuneo-Royal-Scot1984-image-couresty-of-Art-UK.jpg” alt=”Terence Cuneo ‘Royal Scot’, 1984, image courtesy of Art UK” title_text=”Terence Cuneo ‘Royal Scot’, 1984, image courtesy of Art UK” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Terence-Cuneo-Anti-Nazi-drawing-imagfe-courtesy-of-The-National-Archives.jpg” alt=”Terence Cuneo, Anti-Nazi drawing, imagfe courtesy of The National Archives” title_text=”Terence Cuneo, Anti-Nazi drawing, imagfe courtesy of The National Archives” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px|0px|29px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Barlow Semi Condensed||||||||” custom_margin=”|75px||75px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] Although his passion lay in painting trains, Cuneo\u2019s military paintings are renowned across the UK and beyond. Depicting the modern military from WWII to 1990, his paintings are fast-paced, action-heavy, and intricately detailed. The Highlanders\u2019 Museum holds one of his finest paintings in its collection – \u2018Anduki Landing, Brunei, 1962 – First Operation of the 1st Battalion Queens Own Highlanders\u2019. A vibrant and tropical painting, the scene shows the Queens Own Highlanders in the midst an attack; the Highlanders had arrived in the town of Seria to rescue European hostages who had been held prisoner by rebels for three days in the local police station.<\/p>\n Cuneo is also known for including a small mouse in many of his paintings after 1954. The Anduki Landing painting features a mouse, running alongside the Highlanders with an AK47. Some of Cuneo\u2019s notable portraits also include mice, such as a portrait of Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Close-up-of-Terence-Cuneo-Anduki-Landing-Brunei-1962-Image-owned-by-The-Highlanders-Museum-2.jpg” alt=”Terence Cuneo, Anduki Landing, Brunei, 1962 – Image owned by The Highlanders Museum” title_text=”Terence Cuneo, Anduki Landing, Brunei, 1962 – Image owned by The Highlanders Museum” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”21px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||30px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Terence-Cuneo-The-Battle-of-Kohima-April-1944-imahe-courtesy-of-Art-UK-1.jpg” alt=”Terence Cuneo, ‘The Battle of Kohima, April 1944’ – imahe courtesy of Art UK (1)” title_text=”Terence Cuneo, ‘The Battle of Kohima, April 1944’ – imahe courtesy of Art UK (1)” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Terence-Cuneo-Field-Marshal-Bernard-Law-Montgomery-1887\u20131976-1st-Viscount-Montgomery-of-Alamein-GCB-DSO-image-courtesy-of-Art-UK.jpg” alt=”Terence Cuneo, ‘Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887\u20131976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO’ – image courtesy of Art UK” title_text=”Terence Cuneo, ‘Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887\u20131976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, GCB, DSO’ – image courtesy of Art UK” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/newversion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Terrence-Cuneo-Floatout-Conocos-Murchison-Jacket-Ardersier-Highlands-image-courtesy-of-Art-UK.jpg” alt=”Terrence Cuneo, ‘Floatout, Conoco’s Murchison Jacket, Ardersier, Highlands’ – image courtesy of Art UK” title_text=”Terrence Cuneo, ‘Floatout, Conoco’s Murchison Jacket, Ardersier, Highlands’ – image courtesy of Art UK” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|0px|20px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Barlow Semi Condensed||||||||” custom_margin=”|75px||75px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_margin_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] The Highlanders\u2019 Museum holds a signed print of \u2018The Battle of Kohima, April 1944\u2019, which was painted in 1982; the original is held in the Kohima Museum in York. This painting shows a bloody battlefield during the Japanese offensive in India in 1944. The mass of fallen soldiers and scattered weapons almost blend into the sandy earth, whilst fighting continues over and around them. Skeletal trees frame the scene of brutal hand-to-hand combat and tank warfare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cuneo\u2019s fascination with industry led him to paint subjects a little closer to home (well, our home anyway!). This painting entitled \u2018Floatout, Conoco’s Murchison Jacket, Ardersier, Highlands\u2019 shows the construction of the Murchison oil platform, ready to be floated out to the North Sea. From the 1970s, Ardersier was home to the McDermott Fabrication Yard for oil rigs; a fascinating subject for Cuneo. 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