Even after all these years since his tragic death off the coast of Iceland during World War II, Eric Ravilious' work is still commanding attention and landing positions in Wedgwood collections around the world! Interest in his style and talent still commands print space on the internet, in Wedgwood and arts publications, and his wares are gaining popularity. Check out this recent article to follow the current success of this designer and artist from a generation mostly now gone by. There is an error in this article, if one does the math it'll quickly be seen that he wasn't born in 1927 as stated, but in 1903. There is a fairly short but interesting entry about him on Wikipedia which begins:
Eric William Ravilious (22 July 1903 – 2 September 1942) was an English
painter, designer, book illustrator and wood engraver. He grew up in
Sussex, and is particularly known for his watercolours of the South Downs. He served as a war artist, and died when the aircraft he was on was lost off Iceland.
One can Google his name and learn a lot about his life and work.
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