The Queen’s Garden

Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)

Lithograph

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Palace of Westminster (long-term loans)
  • About the artist
    Edward Bawden was born in Braintree, Essex, in 1903. He first studied at the School of Art in Cambridge between 1918 and 1922, before continuing his studies at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London under Paul Nash between 1922 and 1926. He was a contemporary of the artist Eric Ravilious and while he was still at the RCA, Bawden was commissioned along with Ravilious to paint a mural at Morley College in London (destroyed in 1940). He worked for the Curwen Press and other publishers after leaving the RCA, producing advertisements, book jackets, posters and leaflets, as well as other forms of graphic design. Among his earliest lithographs were posters published in 1925 for the London Underground. His first solo exhibition was held in London in 1933 and a year later he was made a tutor in the School of Graphic Design at the RCA. Bawden was made an Official War Artist during the Second World War, working in Belgium, France, the Middle East and Africa. On his return in 1946 he was awarded the CBE. He continued to work in the medium of graphic design, but returned to mural painting after the War; he produced murals for the Festival of Britain in 1951 and for the British Pavilion at Expo ’67 in Montreal. In 1956, he was made a Royal Academician and in 1963 became an honorary fellow of the RCA. He remains best known for his prints and drawings. Works by Bawden can be found in many collections, including Tate, the Imperial War Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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    Places
    England, Surrey, London
    Subjects
    topography, tree, path, formal garden, botanic garden, garden, house
    Materials & Techniques
    lithograph
  • Details
    Artist
    Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
    Title
    The Queen’s Garden
    Edition
    13/160
    Date
    Medium
    Lithograph
    Dimensions
    height: 56.60 cm, width: 76.90 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Simon Hilton Ltd, September 2001
    Inscription
    below image: The Queen's Garden 13/160 / Edward Bawden
    Provenance
    Simon Hilton Ltd. at the RCA British 20/21 Century Art Fair 2001
    GAC number
    17636