Eric Ravilious

Eric Ravilious
Born
Eric William Ravilious

(1903-06-22)22 June 1903
Acton, London, England
Died2 September 1942(1942-09-02) (aged 39)
Kaldadarnes, Iceland (last known)
Education
Known forWatercolour painting, design, woodcuts
SpouseTirzah Garwood
Two Women in a Garden (Ravilious). Tirzah Garwood on right
Tea at Furlongs, watercolour 1939

Eric William Ravilious (22 July 1903 – 2 September 1942) was a British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver. He grew up in Sussex, and is particularly known for his watercolours of the South Downs, Castle Hedingham and other English landscapes, which examine English landscape and vernacular art with an off-kilter, modernist sensibility and clarity. He served as a war artist, and was the first British war artist to die on active service in World War II when the aircraft he was in was lost off Iceland.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Armitstead, Claire (24 June 2022). "'He died in his 30s living the life he had dreamed of': artist Eric Ravilious". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. ^ Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
  3. ^ Carrington, Noel (1946). "Eric Ravilious". Graphis: 430–9. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.