Robert Tavener - Cornfield and Downs

Robert Tavener - Cornfield and Downs

£650

ROBERT TAVENER

(1920-2004)


Cornfield and Downs


Signed, inscribed with title and numbered 45/75

Linocut

Framed


40 by 55 cm., 15 ¾ by 21 ¾ in.

(frame size 62 by 76.5 cm., 24 ¼ by 30 ¼ in.)


Robert Tavener was born in Hampstead and worked as a printmaker, illustrator and teacher.  After war service in the Royal Artillery during World War II he studied at Gottingen University (1945-6) followed by Hornsey College of Art and the University of London.  He moved to Eastbourne in 1953 where he became Head of Printmaking at the College of Art & Design, retiring as vice-principal in 1980.  He was elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1966 and was also a member of the Society of Sussex Painters.  He held many solo exhibitions and his works were accepted for 34 years in succession at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition.


He illustrated children’s books and worked as a printmaker receiving commission from London Transport, GPO, Shell, American Express, the BBC, the Radio Times and many others.  He described his work as being: “English Countryside and English Architecture. Shape, pattern, colour, texture, design.”


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