| Bawden
trained at the RCA, London, under Paul Nash. He travelled
as a war artist during the Second World War. His work
'combined a gentle sense of humour and a strong sense
of pattern'. He produced many book illustrations, along
with posters, advertisements and textiles. He worked
for many years for the Curwen Press, Shell, Fortnum
and Mason, National Westminster Bank, and LT over seven
decades. He was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order
of the British Empire) in 1946, elected Royal Designer
for Industry (RDI) in 1949, and RA in 1956.
Information collated from: Livingston, A.,
and Livingston, I., The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia
of Graphic Design and Designers, 1992, p.23.
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