Eric Kennington
(1888-1960), Sculptor and artistEric Henri Kennington
Sitter in 13 portraits
Artist of 6 portraits
Eric Henri Kennington was a painter and sculptor. Throughout his employment as an Official War Artist in 1917-18, and again in 1940-42, he produced a large number of idealised pastel portraits that concentrated on the ordinary serviceman. Although perhaps best known for his lively illustrations for T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926), sculpture began to assume considerable importance. The war memorials to the 24th Division (1924) in Battersea Park, London, and the Allied Forces in Soissons (1928), France, established his position as a direct carver working on a monumental scale. For the remainder of his career, however, he worked in isolation, producing reliefs for schools, colleges and churches.
by Eric Kennington
oil on canvas, 1908
NPG 4021
by Eric Kennington
pastel, 1921
NPG 2113
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
by Eric Kennington
pastel, published 1926
NPG 2906
by Eric Kennington
pastel, 1942
NPG 5167
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