Description
Signed and dated '09, oil on canvas, roundel
Dimensions
39cm diameter (15.25 in diameter)
Footnote
Note: Artist and designer Robert Anning Bell was a member of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Particularly well known as a book designer and illustrator, Bell additionally created mosaics for Westminster Cathedral and frequently exhibited his paintings in the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club and the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours. The artist also held a succession of significant academic posts beginning at the Liverpool University School of Architecture before progressing to chief of design at the Glasgow School of Art from 1911, and ultimately professor of design at the Royal College of Art from 1918 to 1924.