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Eric Kennington

1888–1960

Making Soldiers: Bringing In Prisoners c.1917
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Biography

Eric Henri Kennington (12 March 1888 – 13 April 1960) was an English sculptor, artist and illustrator, and an official war artist in both of the world wars.

As a war artist, Kennington specialised in depictions of the daily hardships endured by soldiers and airmen. In the inter-war years he worked mostly on portraits and a number of book illustrations. The most notable of his book illustrations were for T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Kennington was also a gifted sculptor, best known for his 24th Division War Memorial in Battersea Park, for his work on the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and for the effigy of Lawrence at Wareham in Dorset.

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  • Bayonet Practice

    Eric Kennington
    1917
  • A Bantam Hercules

    Eric Kennington
    1917
  • Sleeping Soldier

    Eric Kennington
    exhibited 1918
  • Muttar il Hamoud min Beni Hassan

    Eric Kennington
    1920
  • Raider with a Cosh

    Eric Kennington
    1917
  • Earth Child

    Eric Kennington
    c.1936–7
  • Head of T.E. Lawrence

    Eric Kennington
    1926
  • Sergeant H.D. Parker, R.A.F.

    Eric Kennington
    1941
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