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William Townsend (1909-1973) – Kent Landscape

William Townsend (1909-1973)

Kent Landscape

Oil on canvas, inscribed verso

Circa 1932

Within a painted wood frame

Canvas size: 34.5cm x 45cm

Frame size: 44.5cm x 55cm

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William Townsend biography

Townsend studied at the Slade School of art in 1926 under the formidable Henry Tonks, where his contemporaries and friends included Elinor Bellingham-Smith, Tommy Carr, William Coldstream, Anthony Devas, Edgar Hubert, Gabriel Lopez, Nicolette Macnamara, Rodrigo Moynihan, Claude Rogers, and Geoffrey Tibble. At the Slade, Townsend’s talents shone brightly and he was awarded the Wilson Steer landscape prize.

His first solo exhibition was held at Bloomsbury Gallery in 1932.

In 1935 he was invited to exhibit at an anti-fascist art exhibition alongside giants of Modern Britush painting including Duncan Grant, Paul Nash, Henry Moore and Eric Gill.

He became a teacher at the Slade and a member of the London Group before relocating to Canada in 1962 and appointed head of painting at Banff School of Art.

Available works by Modern British artists.

William Townsend artworks in UK public collections.

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