Edward Bawden (1903-1989), Painter and illustrator
Sitter in 12 portraits
Artist of 2 portraits
Artist, print-maker, book illustrator and graphic designer. Bawden visited the Middle East as an Official War Artist (1940-5), but is probably best known for watercolours of domestic interiors and paintings of his native Essex; illustrated books include The Histories of Herodotus and Salammbô.
by Edward Bawden
pencil and watercolour, 1986
NPG 5929
by Edward Bawden
pencil and watercolour, 1986
NPG 5929a
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford, Bedforshire
Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, Hertfordshire
Places
Bedfordshire
Essex
Hertfordshire




