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Norman Wilkinson (artist)
British artist
Norman Wilkinson CBERI | |
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Wilkinson in front of his painting with a model demonstrating one of his dazzle camouflage designs | |
| Born | (1878-11-24)24 November 1878 Cambridge, England |
| Died | 30 May 1971(1971-05-30) (aged 92) United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Artist |
Norman WilkinsonCBE RI (24 November 1878 – 30 May 1971) was a British artist who usually worked in oils, watercolours and drypoint.
He was primarily a marine painter, but also an illustrator, poster artist, and wartime camoufleur. Wilkinson invented dazzle painting to protect merchant shipping during the First World War.
Background
Wilkinson was born in Cambridge, England, and attended Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire and St.
Paul's Cathedral Choir School in London. His early artistic training occurred in the vicinity of Portsmouth and Cornwall, and at Southsea School of Art, where he was later a teacher as well. He also studied with seascape pain