Alexander Leydenfrost (1888-1961)
"Altmark & Cossack" 1940
17 1/2" x 15 3/4" (sight) gouache & charcoal
signed lower right "A. Leydenfrost"

Illustrated:
1940 Life Magazine, March 4,1940; p.24 "A British Destroyer Invades
Norway To Rescue Seamen From German Prison Ship".

Painted during WWII