Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989), Linocuts
Linocuts 15" × 18" (except Jonah's Whale 27" ×
29") edition of 25 except where marked
Numbered, titled and signed by the artist in 1988 and printed
under his direction on his own press by the artist's grandson,
Philip Bawden
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Jonah's Whale (£200) - edition of
100
(paper size 26" × 38"; image size 10" × 25")
Jack of Hearts (£250)
The King of Hearts (£250)
The Lion and the Unicorn (£200)
Queen Victoria (£250)
Queen Elizabeth (£150)
Britannia (£200) - edition of 15
Aries (£100) - edition of 10
The Drummer (£150) - edition of 10
A Nautical Design (£200)
A Voyage (£250)
Hatfield House (£200)
The Monument (£150) - edition of
10
St. Paul's Cathedral (£250)
The Rocket (£250)
Mother & Chicks (£250)
Henry & Eliza (£150)
A Pony Cart (£150)
The Griffin (£250)
The White Greyhound of Richmond (£250)
The centenary of Edward Bawden's birth is being celebrated in
2003. Among events taking place this year is "The World of
Edward Bawden" at the Cecil
Higgins Art Gallery in Bedford and a centenial exhibition
at the Fry
Art Gallery in Saffron Walden.
In 1987 Merivale Editions published Edward Bawden's large linocut,
Jonah's Whale. The interest created by this and publication of
Fifteen Engravings
led to a major project to edition the best of the linocuts collected
over the years in the artist's studio. These were printed by hand
under Bawden's direction on his own Albion press by his grandson
Philip. The printing was completed and the editions numbered,
titled and signed shortly before Bawden's death in 1989.
Edward Bawden was born in Braintree, Essex in 1903. He won a
scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1922, where he was
a contemporary of Eric Ravilious who became his great friend.
The first major commission for both was the joint production of
a mural for Morley College in London. While still at the Royal
College he established his long association with the Curwen Press.
Curwen and the artists working for them were at the forefront
of the renaissance in art and design then taking place, and Bawden
rapidly established a reputation as an outstanding designer and
illustrator.
In 1940 he was chosen to be one of the first official war artists.
This appointment took him first to France with the British Expeditionary
Force, and following Dunkirk, to the Middle East and North Africa.
After adventures and trials which included being torpedoed and
spending five days in an open boat, he finished the war in Italy.
After the war his work was in great demand. He illustrated numerous
books, executed murals (notably for the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion
at the Festival of Britain), illustrated a famous series of advertisements
for Fortnum & Mason and regularly exhibited water colours,
lithographs and linocuts. In 1956 he was elected an R.A. In 1989
his work was the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at
the Victoria & Albert Museum.
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