There was nothing conventional about Wilkinson's dazzle ship concept. It was an eccentric idea inspired by the most cutting edge contemporary art of the time; namely Cubism, Futurism and Vorticism.

There was nothing conventional about Wilkinson's dazzle ship concept. It was an eccentric idea inspired by the most cutting edge contemporary art of the time; namely Cubism, Futurism and Vorticism.

A pilot boat, conserved by the Merseyside Maritime Museum, has received a fresh lick of paint. Its striking new design reveals a fascinating history of the art of confusion in warfare. The Edmund ...

Dazzle ships. The British Admiralty introduced dazzle painting to camouflage its ships in early 1917, at a time when German submarines threatened Britain’s trade and supplies.

Dazzle patterns have been used as far back as World War I to camouflage ships at risk of being sunk by U-boats, and the technique is still used today.

Dazzle camouflage – also known as dazzle painting – was used during the First World War to optically distort the appearance of ships to make it harder for submarines to track their course.

Dazzle camouflage came to notoriety through the work of marine painter Norman Wilkinson, who captured the ships’ system of distorted stripes and lines and coined the term dazzle. Picasso claimed the ...

THE first Dazzle Ship in Scotland has been unveiled on Leith Dock as part of an arts programme for the First World War centenary, to mark 100 years since the Battle of Jutland. The ship features a ...

Tauba Auerbach’s dazzle ship was revealed this week in New York Harbor and will soon be open for visits. Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, a “dazzled” ferry in Liverpool is hosting ...

A Mersey ferry has been treated to a dazzle ship makeover as part of plans to commemorate the centenary of World War One. The Snowdrop has been re-painted in a unique design created by Sir Peter ...