'''Eric Ravilious''' (1903 - 1942) was an English painter, book illustrator, and wood engraver.

Ravilious attended the Royal College of Art, where he studied under Paul Nash. He began his working life as a muralist, first coming to notice as an artist in 1924. He went on to become one of the best-known artists of the 1930s. He was also the leading light of w...(continue reading)