| 1891 |
Born 30 June, in 'Fernlea', High Street, Cookham. |
| 1907 |
Studied art, Maidenhead Technical Institute. |
| 1908-12 |
Student at the Slade School of Art; contemporaries included
Nevinson, Roberts, Gertler, Bomberg & Paul Nash. Nicknamed 'Cookham'.
Awarded scholarship, Melville Nettleship & Composition Prizes.
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| 1912 |
Exhibited in Roger Fry's 'Second Post-Impressionist
Exhibition'. |
| 1915-18 |
Enlisted RAMC, 1915. Stationed Beaufort War Hospital,
Bristol. Posted to Macedonia, 1916. Volunteered for infantry, 1917. |
| 1919 |
Official war picture, Travoys with Wounded Soldiers...
(Imperial War Museum) |
| 1920 |
'The Last Supper' (Stanley Spencer Gallery). |
| 1925 |
Married the artist Hilda Carline; two daughters, Shirin
& Unity. |
| 1927 |
First one-man exhibition, Goupil Gallery. Created a
stir with 'The Resurrection, Cookham', 1924-6 (Tate). |
| 1927-32 |
Mural decorations based on wartime experiences in Bristol
& Macedonia, Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere (National Trust). |
| 1932-38 |
Lived in Cookham. 1932 elected Associate of the Royal
Academy. |
| 1935 |
Resigned from RA after rejection of two paintings by
hanging committee. |
| 1937 |
Divorced by Hilda. Married Patricia Preece four days
later, but separated almost immediately. |
| 1940 |
Commissioned to record the war effort by War Artists
Advisory Committee: finished 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' series,
1946. |
| 1945-50 |
Port Glasgow Resurrection series. |
| 1945-59 |
Lived at Cliveden View, Cookham Rise. |
| 1950 |
CBE; rejoined Royal Academy & elected RA. |
| 1955 |
Retrospective exhibition, Tate Gallery. |
| 1959 |
Returned to 'Fernlea'. Knighted. Died 14
December. |
