![]() ![]() He became a boarder at Godby's School, Ilkley at the age of 10 and was sent to Fettes College in Edinburgh in 1903. Edward had a lonely childhood, although his Auntie Annie was very caring towards him. Fred was running the thriving family business - Broomford Mill - that specialised in spinning lustrous wool for weaving braids for uniforms. ![]() His father was understandably devastated by the loss and found it difficult to relate to the baby. His mother died of puerperal sepsis nine days after giving birth. He made a significant contribution to the development of modern art in Britain in the inter-war years.Įdward Wadsworth was born on 19 October 1889 in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire to Fred and Hannah (née Smith) Wadsworth. In the early thirties and in the early forties his work was mainly abstract. After the war his maritime landscapes and still-life compositions using tempera were infused with a surrealistic mood - although he never exhibited with the British surrealists. In the First World War he was part of a team involved in the transfer of dazzle camouflage designs to ships for the Royal Navy. Edward Alexander Wadsworth ARA (19 October 1889 – 21 June 1949) was a British artist initially associated with the Vorticism movement. ![]()
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