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Henry Taylor Lamb BIOGRAPHY
1883/85 Australia - 1960 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Known for: Distorted portrait painting.
Henry Taylor Lamb, MC, RA (21 June 1883 - 8 October 1960) was an Australian-born British painter. A follower of Augustus John, he was a founder member of the Camden Town Group*. Born in Adelaide,... Read full biography
Henry Taylor Lamb, MC, RA (21 June 1883 - 8 October 1960) was an Australian-born British painter. A follower of Augustus John, he was a founder member of the Camden Town Group*. Born in Adelaide, Australia, he was the son of Sir Horace Lamb FRS. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School,... Read full biography
Henry Taylor Lamb, MC, RA (21 June 1883 - 8 October 1960) was an Australian-born British painter. A follower of Augustus John, he was a founder member of the Camden Town Group*. Born in Adelaide, Australia, he was the son of Sir Horace Lamb FRS. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Manchester University Medical School and Guy's Hospital in London, and studied painting at La Palette, Paris. Lamb saw active service in the First World War in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was awarded... Read full biography
Henry Taylor Lamb, MC, RA (21 June 1883 - 8 October 1960) was an Australian-born British painter. A follower of Augustus John, he was a founder member of the Camden Town Group*. Born in Adelaide, Australia, he was the son of Sir Horace Lamb FRS. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Manchester University Medical School and Guy's Hospital in London, and studied painting at La Palette, Paris. Lamb saw active service in the First World War in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was awarded the Military Cross. A World war II official artist, he is noted for his unusual portraits, as exampled by his well-known picture of an elongated Lytton Strachey. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, London* in 1940 and was made a full... Read full biography
Henry Taylor Lamb, MC, RA (21 June 1883 - 8 October 1960) was an Australian-born British painter. A follower of Augustus John, he was a founder member of the Camden Town Group*. Born in Adelaide, Australia, he was the son of Sir Horace Lamb FRS. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Manchester University Medical School and Guy's Hospital in London, and studied painting at La Palette, Paris. Lamb saw active service in the First World War in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was awarded the Military Cross. A World war II official artist, he is noted for his unusual portraits, as exampled by his well-known picture of an elongated Lytton Strachey. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, London* in 1940 and was made a full Member in 1949. He was a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery* from 1942 and of the Tate Gallery* 1944-51. He marrie... Read full biography
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Henry Taylor Lamb, MC, RA (21 June 1883 - 8 October 1960) was an Australian-born British painter. A follower of Augustus John, he was a founder member of the Camden Town Group*.
Born in Adelaide, Australia, he was the son of Sir Horace Lamb FRS. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Manchester University Medical School and Guy's Hospital in London, and studied painting at La Palette, Paris.
Lamb saw active service in the First World War in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was awarded the Military Cross.
A World war II official artist, he is noted for his unusual portraits, as exampled by his well-known picture of an elongated Lytton Strachey. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, London* in 19...But wait, there's more...
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