William Lennie Stevenson was born in Bootle, Liverpool, England on 21 September 1911 and studied at Liverpool School of Art. He also attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, although he appears not to have qualified as an architect but to have pursued a career as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and teacher. In the 1939 National Register his occupation is given as Technical Art Master and his address as 17 Lymington Road, Wallasey, Cheshire.
He exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in the early 1930s and featured in the exhibition Liverpool Artists in the Fields of War held at said Gallery in 1946. He painted a ceiling for the Bluecoat Chambers concert hall, in Liverpool, however, this was bombed in 1942 and only photographs survived. He also made a sculpture for St Monica’s Church, Bootle.
Stevenson served as an acting squadron leader and pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1946.
He died on 21st of December 2004 in Cognac, France. Examples of his work are in the permanent collection of the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; the Victoria Art Gallery and Museum, University of Liverpool; and Manchester City Art Gallery.
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William Lennie Stevenson was born in Bootle, Liverpool, England on 21 September 1911 and studied at Liverpool School of Art. He also attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, although he appears not to have qualified as an architect but to have pursued a career as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and teacher. In the 1939 National Register his occupation is given as Technical Art Master and his address as 17 Lymington Road, Wallasey, Cheshire.
He exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in the early 1930s and featured in the exhibition Liverpool Artists in the Fields of War held at said Gallery in 1946. He painted a ceiling for the Bluecoat Chambers concert hall, in Liverpool, however, this was bombed in 1942 and only photographs survived. He also made a sculpture for St Monica’s Church, Bootle.
Stevenson served as an acting squadron leader and pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1946.
He died on 21st of December 2004 in Cognac, France. Examples of his work are in the permanent collection of the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; the Victoria Art Gallery and Museum, University of Liverpool; and Manchester City Art Gallery.
We are grateful to Chris Mees for assistance.
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