The work of Edward Bawden (1903-1989), a painter, printmaker,
illustrator, and designer, brims with lively, affectionate, and
entertaining accounts of English life. Bawden's subjects include classic
London scenes, such as St. Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of London,
Liverpool Street station, the Queen's Guards at Buckingham Palace, as
well as charming rural scenes with churches, country houses, cottages,
gardens, markets, parks, piers, pubs, and steam trains. He created
murals, designed tiles and wallpapers, and was regularly commissioned to
deploy his vivacious humor in advertisements, posters, book jackets, and
brochures. It was England, with its quiet landscapes, its pleasures and
pastimes, and its time-honored trades and traditions, that was the
source of some of Bawden's finest work.
This beautifully designed book begins with a brief introduction before
exploring examples of Bawden's work, with each illustration accompanied
by an extended caption revealing the artistic vision of this
quintessentially English artist.