Keith Henderson (artist)

Keith Henderson
OBE RP RSW RWS ROI
Against a sand-coloured sky and foreground, two sections of damaged red brick walls frame a mass of rubble and fallen blue girders
A Wrecked Railway Bridge near the Hindenburg Line near Villers Guislain (1917) (Art IWM Art 246)
Born17 April 1883
Scotland
Died24 February 1982(1982-02-24) (aged 98)
South Africa
NationalityScottish
Alma mater
Known forpainting

Keith Henderson OBE RP RSW RWS ROI (17 April 1883 – 24 February 1982) was a Scottish painter who worked in both oils and watercolours, and who is known for his book illustrations and his poster work for London Transport and the Empire Marketing Board.[1] He had a long professional career that included periods as a war artist in both the First World War, in which he served in the trenches, and in the Second World War.[2]

  1. ^ Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
  2. ^ Aberdeen Art Gallery. "Keith Henderson Watercolours". Aberdeen Art Gallery. Retrieved 24 December 2013.