Artist: Eric Ravilious Lived: 1903 – 1942 Medium: Watercolour Date: 1932 Catalogue number: 1736 Image Height/Width: 454 x 558 mm Purchased with assistance from The National Heritage Memorial Fund and the V&A / Arts Council Purchase Fund The London born and...
Artist: Eric Ravilious Lived: 1903 – 1942 Medium: Watercolour Date: c.1938 Catalogue number: 1769 Image Height/Width: 392 x 517 Eric Ravilious is now established as one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century. His work across many media is highly...
Artist: Olive Cook Lived: 1912 – 2002 Medium: Oil Date: Unknown Catalogue number: 1011 Image Height/Width: 407 x 610 mm Cook described herself as a “painter by inclination”, and indeed her art training was derived from an intimate association with...
Artist: John Bolam Lived: 1922 – 2009 Medium: Watercolour Date: 1942 Catalogue number: 2815 Image Height/Width: 439 x 610 mm John Bolam is seen by many as following in the path of the neo-Romantics, most notably Piper and Sutherland, but his imagery subsequently...
At the outbreak of war in 1939 Hennell wrote to the War Artists Advisory Commission offering his services as an artist. He worked for the Pilgrim Trust in 1940 and the Ministry of Information in 1941. Hennell was named as an official war artist in 1943 and sent to...
