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Welsh Artists: Edward Morland Lewis
Born in the rural town Carmarthen in 1902, Edward Morland Lewis was (and remains) a largely unsung Welsh painter. His delicate colour tones reward quiet contemplation and can be appreciated even in his rougher sketchy paintings (such as some at the bottom here).
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He trained at St John's Wood School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools, London where he met the famous artist Walter Sickert. Morland Lewis promptly left the academy to work under Sickert as pupil and assistant. In 1930 he joined the London Artistsโ Association and exhibited with this group until it disbanded in 1934.
Like Sickert, he tended to paint patchwork areas of colour laid over warm under-painting. He joined the staff of Chelsea College of Art, where his colleagues included Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland and John Piper.
As well as the landscapes, towns and coastal scenes of South West Wales, he also painted in Ireland, France and Spain.
He died in north Africa in 1943 while on active service as a camouflage officer.
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He trained at St John's Wood School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools, London where he met the famous artist Walter Sickert. Morland Lewis promptly left the academy to work under Sickert as pupil and assistant. In 1930 he joined the London Artistsโ Association and exhibited with this group until it disbanded in 1934.
Like Sickert, he tended to paint patchwork areas of colour laid over warm under-painting. He joined the staff of Chelsea College of Art, where his colleagues included Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland and John Piper.
As well as the landscapes, towns and coastal scenes of South West Wales, he also painted in Ireland, France and Spain.
He died in north Africa in 1943 while on active service as a camouflage officer.
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