I was asked to find out some information on Eric Ravilious and the techniques he used.
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He was born in Acton and brought up in Bournmouth, where he went on to study at the Royal Academy of Art under Paul Nash. He became friends with Edward Bowden who was sometimes his work companion.
In 1930 he married Tirzah Gorwood who was also an artist. He befriended Peggy Angus also an artist who lived at Furlongs near Firlie in Sussex. It was from here he began to paint his downland subjects.
He designed for the pottery company Wedgewood and in 1937 designed the GeorgeVI commemorative coronation cup and in that same year designed their Nursery ware and Alphabet cup.
In 1938 he did a series of lithographs for a book by J.M.Richards called the HIgh Street which depicted Victorian shops.
In 1940 he was appointed the official war artist and was commissioned as a Captain for the Royal Marines (www./wiki/Eric_Ravilious) where he produced water colour paintings of coastal defences.
In 1942 aged 39yrs he was posted to Iceland where he assisted in an air to sea rescue aboard a Hudson plane he and the crew of 4 never returned.
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