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#BeyondRavilious: Tirzah Garwood, was Eric Ravilious’ wife. They met when she was a student at Eastbourne College, married Eric in 1930 & a dozen years later was a war widow. Her work continued, and she deserves to be better known. [thread] ImageImage
#BeyondRavilious: Tirzah Garwood was a hugely talented artist, who worked in several different mediums. Her own vision of inter-war Britain largely through her wood-cuts is an important landmark in the art of this period. These examples are in the collection of @FryArtGallery. ImageImageImage
#BeyondRavilious: Tirzah Garwood painted, too. In many ways, like Eric, although a different style, they portray Britain in an equally gentle but impactful way. She deserves an exhibition of her own really. Her art appears to be largely in private collections or @TownerGallery. ImageImageImage

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Sep 25, 2020
#BeyondRavilious: A Friday extra... I’m glad many of you liked the thread about Eric’s son, James Ravilious’ photographs. One thing I see in them is the recurring use of Vanishing Points, which draw you in, they give depth, on so many levels really. Here’s a few examples. Image
#BeyondRavilious: James Ravilious’ Vanishing Points... A Devon Cattle Market. Image
#BeyondRavilious: James Ravilious’ Vanishing Points... Drainage work in a Devon field Image
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Sep 22, 2020
#BeyondRavilious: James Ravilious was Eric and Tirzah’s son, born in Eastbourne in August 1939 just before his father went to war. He studied at St Martin’s School of Art & in 1970 moved to Devon where he began to photograph a disappearing rural life. He died in 1999. [thread] ImageImage
#BeyondRavilious: In my view James Ravilious captured people in their environment in the same way his father captured landscape. This Devon farmer in a rural lane with his sheep is a good example. More on James at jamesravilious.com Image
#BeyondRavilious: I also think he was superb in making the ordinary extraordinary like this image of a rural Devon farmhouse in the 1970s. More on James at jamesravilious.com Image
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May 8, 2020
Today is #VEDay when we remember the end of the war in Europe. Eric Ravilious never survived to see that Peace, & for his wife Tirzah, it left her a widow. War always means Lost Lives, unfulfilled paths, but Ravilious left behind such a legacy, so let’s see some of it from #WW2
At the beginning of #WW2 Eric Ravilious joined the Royal Observer Corps whose job it was to spot for enemy planes & had a vital role in the Battle of Britain. He painted this Observer’s Post in 1939. Original in @higginsbedford collection.
Ravilious was then given an Honorary Commission in the Royal Marines and was appointed an Official War Artist. In 1940/41 he did a lot of work in #Kent & #Sussex. This was entitled Bombing the Channel Ports (1941) and shows a Sound Mirror in #Kent. Original in @I_W_M collection.
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