John Yale (aviation artist)

[3] She also obtained the full custody of her son after the decision of Lord Justice Mackinnon, who considered a letter written by his father stipulating that he was resolved "to do everything in his power to instill in the child's mind hatred and disrespect for his mother".

[8] John Yale started painting aviation works in 1946 while taking private flying lessons as a hobby, which would stop after an accident.

[12][7] In 1959, he exposed 23 paintings as a one-man exhibition of aviation works at the Royal Society of British Artists in London, one of Britain's foremost art galleries.

[14] He painted numerous works for the Swedish Air Force at their military bases, and prepared for future exhibitions in Paris, and in Canada thereafter.

[15][7] During his career, Yale sold hundreds of paintings in Canada, including a few to the proprietors of Jarry Motors in Outremont, Montreal.

[19][10] He painted the last flypast of the World War II Hawker Hurricane, as well as the last Supermarine Spitfire fighters of the Air Force, who flew over London on Battle of Britain Day in 1940.

[22] Yale was also featured in 1959 in the Waterloo Region Record, at the same time as Pablo Picasso, who was asking artitsts to donate some of their best works for a fund-raising event at an art gallery in Paris.

[23] In 1966, Yale received with his wife at their home in Montreal Miss Lillian Chartrand, to be married with the Chief Justice of Canada, John Richard, appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.

[2] His son, Jean Yale, was a radio host and worked in Montreal and Paris with artists Charles Dullin, René Simon and Sita Riddez.

[30][31][16][32][33] He also worked with artists Paul Guèvremont, Jacques Auger, Jean Desprez and Marcelle Barthe, Royal tour commentator of the young Princess Elizabeth of England.