Camouflage and Art: Design for Deception in World War II

Basing the research for her book on Ministry of Defence records, Royal College of Art archives and help from the families of wartime “camoufleurs”, Henrietta Gooden explores the development of the extraordinary ideas which were to play such an important part in defeating the enemy in the air, on land and at sea during World War 2. Among the names in wartime camouflage to become famous in other walks of life were Basil Spence, architect, Oliver Messel, designer, Victor Stiebel, couturier, Edward Seago, painter, and Hugh Casson, architect, later to be President of The Royal Academy of Arts.