Ravilious

Reprint.  168pp, richly and profusely illustrated.  Illustrated stiff card covers with deep French flaps.  4to. Slight shelf wear to card covers else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.  

Elegantly produced book, providing the first full-length study of Eric Ravilious’ watercolours, with an intimate portrait of the man himself and his difficult, often strained personal relationships  British artist, designer and illustration, Ravilious (1903-1942).  Ravilious lost his life while serving as a war artist in Iceland during the second world war: the rescue mission plane he was on never returned to RAK Kaldadarnes.  Several of the watercolours reproduced here are published for the first time.  Issue to accompany an exhibition of Ravilious’ work at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London in 2015.