HMCS Prince Robert in Drydock (n.d.)
Thomas Beament Was born in Ottawa. During WW I he served in the RCNVR
as an ordinary seaman, then was promoted to warrant officer. Following
the end of the war he returned to Osgoode Hall and completed his studies
to became Barrister-at-law (1922). The same year he attended evening
classes at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto. He Continued serving
with the peacetime Naval Reserve, was promoted to the rank of officer in
1924 and finally Lt.-Commander, Mtl. RCNVR Division in 1930.
HMCS Iroquois (n.d.)
At
the outbreak of WW II, Beament entered full-time service with the
RCNVR, as a ship commander on North Atlantic patrols for three years,
rose in rank to Commander (1943); then as official Canadian war artist
going back to sea to paint scenes: in the Mediterranean; on convoy in
the North Atlantic; in Newfoundland; making a visual record of assault
landings and minesweeping duties in the English Channel. The Canadian
War Museum has some 76 paintings by him.
Motor Torpedo Boats Leaving for Night Patrol off Le Havre (1945)
A Collection Of Naval Art Decorated the Chambers of the Speaker of the Senate for the Canadian Naval Centenial. You can view that collection at http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Senate/WorkofNavalArt/index-e.html.
All Works above Are part of the Beaverbank Collection of War Art at the Canadian War Museum