Edward Wadsworth | |
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 Wadsworth in 1937 (self-portrait in tempera) | |
| Born | Edward Alexander Wadsworth 19 October 1889 Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 21 June 1949 (aged 59) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | modernism |
Edward Alexander Wadsworth ARA (19 October 1889 – 21 June 1949) was a British artist initially associated with the Vorticism movement. In the First World War he was part of a team involved in the transfer of dazzle camouflage designs to ships for the Royal Navy. After the war his maritime landscapes and still-life compositions using tempera were infused with a surrealistic mood - although he never exhibited with the British surrealists. In the early thirties and in the early forties his work was mainly abstract. He made a significant contribution to the development of modern art in Britain in the inter-war years.