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Official War Artist, Eric Ravilious, biography and paintings

Eric Ravilious in 1939 photo by Serge Chermayeff Eric Ravilious (1903 – 1942) was an English painter, wood-engraver and designer. He was educated at Eastbourne School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art (1922–5), where he was taught by Paul Nash and became close friends with Edward Bawden. His early works included the refectory mural (destr. 1940) in Morley College, London, and wood engravings in the tradition of Bewick for the Golden Cockerel, Curwen and Nonesuch presses. In the…

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'The Red Cottage' by Eric Ravilious, 1927 (watercolour over graphite)

Eric Ravilious: 'Church Army Wagon', 1935 (unfinished)

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