The Eric Ravilious ‘On the Road’ Greetings Card Collection.

Two very familiar and one not-so-familiar Ravilious images make their debut as a new collection. ‘Caravans’ depicts the ex-Boer War fever huts that he and his wife Tirzah Garwood lived in while in Sussex, while we learn (via James Russell) that the red van in ‘Wiltshire Landscape’ was inserted after the painting had been finished, perhaps in an effort to cheer it up a little (though hardly needed to my mind), and finally ‘No. 29 Bus’ tempts us to scramble aboard (though perhaps confining ourselves to the lower deck might be wise). Eric Ravilious (22 July 1903 – 2 September 1942) was an exceptional watercolourist, wood engraver and designer. He grew up in the shadow of the Sussex Downs in the coastal town of Eastbourne, the surrounding landscape of which heavily influenced many of his best known works. His instantly recognisable style, palette and choice of subject have an almost universal appeal, a blend which has increased in popularity with the passing of time.