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Eric Ravilious

[1903-1942]

Watercolourist, wood engraver, book illustrator, lithographer and mural decorator, Ravilious was born in Acton but grew up in Eastbourne, Sussex, where he studied until he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London. Ravilious was taught by Paul Nash and became friends, and sometime work companion, with Edward Bawden. They were both part of the generation that included Henry Moore, described by Nash as "an outbreak of talent". Both painters were part of a tradition of English topographical watercolourists, their art influenced by a lightness of technique and their design work.

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