A beautiful and informative gift book devoted to Edward Bawden's
representations of England. Edward Bawden (1903-1989) was a
printmaker, painter, illustrator and designer. He studied and later
taught at the Royal College of art, served as a war artist in WW2
and worked extensively as a commercial artist for companies
including London Transport, Fortnum and Mason, Shell-Mex, the Folio
Society and Chatto and Windus. Aside from the years he spent in
France, the Middle East and North Africa while serving as a war
artist, and later visits to Canada and Ireland, Bawden rarely
travelled far from home, but found inspiration in the fields and
farms of his native Essex, at the seaside, and in classic London
scenes: Kew Gardens, the Royal Parks, the Tower of London and St
Paul's Cathedral, and the iron-and-glass monuments to Victorian
engineering such as Liverpool Street station and the markets in
Spitalfields and Smithfield. This book celebrates England as
represented by Bawden in 85 works held in the V&A's collection,
including prints, posters, drawings, paintings, murals and
advertising material. The illustrations include such early pieces
as his poster Map of the British Empire for an exhibition in 1924;
his mural English Garden Delights, designed for the Orient Line
Navigation Company in 1946; illustrations for books including Good
Food, The Gardener's Diary and Life in an English Village;
advertising work for London Transport, Shell and Fortnum &
Mason; the poster Lifeguards, created to mark the coronation of
Queen Elizabeth II in 1953; and a varied selection of linocuts and
watercolours. As this book demonstrates, it was England, with its
quiet landscapes, its pleasures and pastimes, its history and
ceremonies, its traditions and recreations, that was the source of
Bawden's finest and most engaging work.
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