Eric Ravilious

ARTIST

Ravilious, Eric

1903 – 1942

Born in London he studied at the Eastbourne School of Art and at The Royal College of Art under Paul Nash, where Edward Bawden became a close friend. Initially a muralist (none of which has survived), he became widely known for his luminous watercolours, woodcuts, lithographs ‘ notably his High Street Shops executed by the Curwen Press, (published by Country Life in 1938 in a book with a text by JM Richards, husband of Peggy Angus), ceramics for Wedgewood and graphics for London Transport, as well as glass and furniture design. Much inspired by the South Downs in East Sussex, he was a frequent visitor to Furlongs, the cottage of the artist Peggy Angus. In 1930 he married fellow artist ‘Tirzah’ Garwood, they then moved to rural Essex, at first sharing a house with the Bawdens. An official World War II artist and with a commission with the Royal Marines, he died while with an RAF air sea rescue mission to Iceland. His works are in the collections of numerous British museums and art galleries, the largest holding is at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne.

Selected Literature: Alan Powers, Eric Ravillious: Imagined Realities, Imperial War Museum, London, 2003.

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Eric Ravilious

ARTIST

Ravilious, Eric

1903 – 1942

Born in London he studied at the Eastbourne School of Art and at The Royal College of Art under Paul Nash, where Edward Bawden became a close friend. Initially a muralist (none of which has survived), he became widely known for his luminous watercolours, woodcuts, lithographs ‘ notably his High Street Shops executed by the Curwen Press, (published by Country Life in 1938 in a book with a text by JM Richards, husband of Peggy Angus), ceramics for Wedgewood and graphics for London Transport, as well as glass and furniture design. Much inspired by the South Downs in East Sussex, he was a frequent visitor to Furlongs, the cottage of the artist Peggy Angus. In 1930 he married fellow artist ‘Tirzah’ Garwood, they then moved to rural Essex, at first sharing a house with the Bawdens. An official World War II artist and with a commission with the Royal Marines, he died while with an RAF air sea rescue mission to Iceland. His works are in the collections of numerous British museums and art galleries, the largest holding is at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne.

Selected Literature: Alan Powers, Eric Ravillious: Imagined Realities, Imperial War Museum, London, 2003.

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ARTWORK FOR SALE

Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Butterball Crab Apples on a plate, design for wall paper, circa 1924
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Tirzah on a cockerel, the original block, 1931
£14,000
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Wallpaper Design: Butterball Crab Apples on a Plate, circa 1924
£175
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Tirzah on a cockerel, 1931
£350
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, 1933
£15,000
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta
£15,000

ARCHIVED WORKS

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Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
November 5th, 1933
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Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
The original Nonesuch Press Electro plate for Gilbert White’s Natural History of Selborne. 1938
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Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
The original Nonesuch Press Electro plate for Gilbert White’s Natural History of Selborne. 1938
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Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Cottage in Sussex, c. 1934
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Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Handkerchief
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Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Floods at Lewes
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Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
The Curwen Press News Letter 6
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Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Tirzah on a cockerel, 1931