Edward Bawden
- Reference:GB 2610 GMA A26
- Dates of Creation:1903 - 1989
- Physical Description:0.125 linear metres (1 box)PrintPhotographPrinted material
Scope and Content
Linocuts, photographs, catalogues (72 items)
Administrative / Biographical History
Edward Bawden was a painter, illustrator, printmaker and graphic designer. He studied at the School of Art in Cambridge from 1918 - 1922 and at the Design School of the Royal College of Art from 1922 - 26, where he was taught by Paul Nash. After graduating he worked on a variety of projects for the Curwen Press at Plaistow in London, producing book illustrations, cover designs, posters, advertisements, leaflets and calendars, including commissions for Shell-Mex, Westminster Bank and the London Transport Board. His first one-man show was held at the Zwemmer Gallery in London in 1933, and consisted of landscapes showing the influence of Nash. He served as an official war artist during the Second World War, travelling to France, Belgium and the Middle East, where he recorded in watercolour the lives of the Marsh Arabs in southern Iraq. In the post-war period, he returned to large-scale mural painting, including works for the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the Festival of Britain in 1950 and the British Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal. He died in 1989.
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Custodial History
Presented by the artist, 1982
Related Material
The SNGMA Collection holds work by Bawden