Edward Bawden DESIGN Eric Ravilious book

Author: Brian Webb

Brand: Antique Collectors Club Art Books in association with Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden

Edition: Illustrated

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 64

Release Date: 30-06-2008

Details: Product Description

Design is an excellent introduction to the work of two major British designers and artists, Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989) and Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)

Featuring some previously unpublished images, this fascinating book presents, in over 00 illustrations, every aspect of their creativity, including advertising, designs for wallpapers, posters, book jackets, trade cards and ceramics.

Bawden and Ravilious met in the design school of the Royal College of Art in 1922, members of a generation of students described by Paul Nash, one of their tutors as belonging to 'an outbreak of talent'. Their shared interests in illustration led to experiements in print making. Bawden's early attempts at lino cutting developed into a skill he used until the end of his life. Ravilious quickly developed into one of the most renowned wood engravers of the 20th century.

Brian Webb is a designer, Visiting Professor of the University of the Arts, London, and Past President of the Chartered Society of Designers. He has lectured about British design and designed and produced numerous books in the Design series. He contributed 'The Roller Coaster Ride, 1945 to the present' to London Transport Posters, A Century of Art and Design, London Transport Museum, 2008, and wrote Think of it as a Poster (a review of wood-engraved postage stamps) for the Fleece Press, 2010, and Edward Bawden's London with Peyton Skipwith, published by the V&A, 2011.

EAN: 9781851498024

Languages: English

Binding: Hardcover

Item Condition: New