In 1917, while Britain's Royal Navy was plagued by Germany's formidable U-boat offensive, visual artist Norman ... Wilkinson, a volunteer in the Royal Navy at the time, had the idea for "dazzle ...

Photograph of British Kil class patrol gunboat HMS Kildangan painted in dazzle camouflage ... “East-southeast” came the answer from Norman Wilkinson, head of the new department.

It became known as dazzle camouflage. So how did Wilkinson use art to fight the war at sea? In 1917, on a patrol ship in the dangerous waters around Britain, the artist and illustrator Norman ...

Instead, artists like Norman Wilkinson proposed using high-contrast ... U-boat commanders had to fire in anticipation of ...

Carlos has turned the plain old Edmund Gardener into a "dazzle ship": a piece of optical ... conventional British marine artist called Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971). Here's a picture of him ...

And then the ship he was tracking appeared to ... British marine painter and poster artist Norman Wilkinson was inspired to create ‘dazzle’ camouflage after serving as a Royal Navy volunteer ...

Looking for a solution, English artist Norman Wilkinson approached Britain ... In the study, Blodgett painted model ships with dazzle patterns and placed them in a mock battle theater.

These striped ships, highly visible ... sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter Norman Wilkinson, who developed the idea for dazzle camouflage and oversaw the operation, was an accomplished ...

The Royal Navy tasked British marine painter Norman Wilkinson with finding a way ... and one of his most recognized works is a painting of a Dazzle ship. The Dazzle technique was arresting and ...

In 1917, British artist Norman Wilkinson experienced a eureka ... he realized. A ship painted with dazzle camouflage in 1918. Photo via Naval History and Heritage Command From that idea, Wilkinson ...

In 1917, while Britain's Royal Navy was plagued by Germany's formidable U-boat offensive, visual artist Norman ... Wilkinson, a volunteer in the Royal Navy at the time, had the idea for "dazzle ...

Carlos has turned the plain old Edmund Gardener into a "dazzle ship": a piece of optical ... conventional British marine artist called Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971). Here's a picture of him ...