Francis Quirk lived through an exciting era in our history. Born in 1907, he saw World War I, the Great Depression and then World War II. We have found no particular record of his activity in WWII. He would have been around 34 at its outbreak.
He was not untouched by the conflict as the recent auction of a large number of his works include several ink drawings of soldiers. One is signed '42, so they were executed when the fighting was heavy.
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| Francis Quirk ink drawing of World War II Soldiers |
These are the only pen and ink drawings we have found by Quirk. In addition to the ink lines, he also used some type of wash for shadows and adding value. This may indicate that he used the medium for a particular purpose; perhaps as part of developing an illustration. At this time we can only pontificate and ponder the possibilities.
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| Francis Quirk ink drawing of World War II Soldiers Advancing |
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| Francis Quirk ink drawing of World War II Soldiers with Communications Man |
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| Francis J. Quirk Signature |
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