Wilfrid Rene Wood, 1888-1976
Main details
Reference number | 1996/5167 |
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Name | Wilfrid Rene Wood |
AKA | Wilfrid Wood |
Born | 1888 |
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Completeness | 36% |
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Biography
Attribute Value Biography Wilfrid Wood was a water-colourist, lithographer and poster designer. Born in Manchester, he studied at Manchester School of Art, at the Central School of Arts And Crafts, and at the Slade.
Wood travelled widely, but is particularly remembered for architectural subjects and street scenes of many English towns. He exhibited at the Royal Academy.
During the 1920s he lived in Hampstead, London, but moved to Stamford in Lincolnshire in 1937.Education Manchester School of Art,Central School of Arts and Crafts,Slade School of Fine Art,Employment Designed posters for the Underground Group, 1926Role Artist,