Chalk Figure near Weymouth (Giclee Numbered Limited Edition of 500) by Eric Ravilious40cm x 50cm 16" x 20" 57cm x 67cm 23" x 27" Discover more about this printRavilious painted this horse on a whistle-stop tour of chalk figures in December 1939 prior to his appointment as an official war artist. It is one of many chalk figures painted by Ravilious over the years. This particular chalk horse was carved into Osmington Hill in 1808 to celebrate George III’s patronage of the nearby Dorset port of Weymouth. Click these words to find similar printsAbout Eric RaviliousEric Ravilious was an outstanding artist, designer and illustrator and is now one of the most popular British artists of the 1930’s. His early works depicted the countryside around him in the south east of England, as well as urban scenes of London. Many of his works are seen as capturing a sense of Englishness that existed between the wars.  |
