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 Sussex, and is particularly known for his watercolours of the South Downs, Castle Hedingham 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 was the first British war artist to die on active service in World War II when the aircraft he was in was lost off Iceland.
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| Born | Eric William Ravilious 22 June 1903 Acton, London, England |
| Died | 2 September 1942 (aged 39) Kaldadarnes, Iceland (last known) |
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| Known for | Watercolour painting, design, woodcuts |
| Spouse | Tirzah Garwood |
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