Eric Ravilious, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Eric Ravilious

English painter, war artist, designer, book illustrator and wood engraver.

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1903

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 02-Sep-1942

Profession: illustrator, painter

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Eric Ravilious

  • Eric William Ravilious (22 July 1903 – 2 September 1942) was a British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver.
  • He grew up in East Sussex, and is particularly known for his watercolours of the South Downs and other English landscapes, which examine English landscape and vernacular art with an off-kilter, modernist sensibility and clarity.
  • He served as a war artist, and died when the aircraft he was in was lost off Iceland.

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