Edward Bawden

A sequel to the author's previous title on Ravilious, this volume surveys the life and work of fellow artist Edward Bawden, another popular exponent of the modern British tradition. It accompanied a major exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

A sequel to the author's previous title on Ravilious it surveys the life and work of fellow artist Edward Bawden, another popular exponent of the modern British tradition.This comprehensive survey of the career of Edward Bawden (1903-89) accompanies a major exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery and brings together his most significant work in watercolour, printmaking, design and illustration. Bawden began his career in the 1920s as a precociously talented designer and illustrator, and he successfully reinvented himself time and again as the decades passed while always retaining a distinctive freshness, humour and humanity in his work. The book explores in depth the most significant creative periods of Bawden’s life and is fully illustrated throughout.