Description
Signed, oil on board
Dimensions
37cm x 92cm (14.5in x 36.25in)
Footnote
Note: Born in Aberdeenshire, Keith Henderson's childhood was divided between Scotland and his schooling in London. As a young man he studied at the Slade School of Art and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. Perhaps best known for his work as a book illustrator and poster designer for London Transport and the Empire Marketing Board, he was in fact also the first artist -alongside Paul Nash - to be officially commissioned as a full-time salaried artist to the Air Ministry by the War Artists' Advisory Committee, WAAC.
The work offered here for sale pertains to his year spent painting on Cyprus for the Empire Marketing Board. His graphic style filters across into his oil technique, using flat, simplified shapes and pure colours. Upon his return to the UK Henderson held a solo show of paintings of Cyprus at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London.