| Anti -aircraft defences | |
| Artist: | C. R. W. Nevinson |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Material: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 81.2 |
| Width Metric: | 60.9 |
| City: | London |
| Museum: | Imperial War Museum |
Anti-aircraft defences is an oil on canvas painting of 1940 by the British artist C. R. W. Nevinson in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. It depicts anti-aircraft batteries and London Blitz spotlights.[1] It was transferred to the museum in 1947 by the War Artists' Advisory Committee. Nevinson was hugely disappointed not to be offered a governmental commission for his work, and so this painting was created at a time of discord between him and Kenneth Clark.[2]