Anthony Law

1915 1995

Canadian painter (1916–1996)

C. Anthony (Tony) Law DSC D.Lit (1916–1996) was a Canadian naval Official War Artist of the Second World War. He served as a naval officer throughout the war and was known for engaging with enemy coastal convoys off France, and twice mentioned in dispatches. In 1944, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for 15 successive actions during the Normandy landings. After the war, he stayed with the Royal Navy, retiring in 1966. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia held a major retrospective of his work in 1989.

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