To celebrate a new exhibition, ‘Edward Bawden: Trains, Planes & Automobiles’ at The Higgins Bedford, this curation looks at some of his most iconic train pictures. Between 1981 and his death in 1989 Bawden donated the contents of his studio, a gift of over 1,000 items, to the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery (now The Higgins Bedford). The collection includes work made whilst he was a student at the Royal College of Art in the 1920s right through to commissions he received in the 1980s.
Every year we put on a new exhibition drawn from this amazing collection. This newest exhibition explores how trains, planes, automobiles (and the occasional boat) are in so many of his works including well-known prints and advertising campaigns.
Braintree Station 1960
Edward Bawden (1903–1989)
Linocut on paper
H 56 x W 106.3 cm
The Higgins Bedford
Edward Bawden (1903–1989)
Linocut on paper
H 53.4 x W 146.1 cm
The Higgins Bedford
To Winnipeg 1950
Edward Bawden (1903–1989)
Watercolour, bodycolour, crayon, ink & cobblers wax on paper
H 56.6 x W 71.1 cm
The Higgins Bedford
The Edward Bawden Gallery at The Higgins Bedford Art Gallery & Museum
Exhibition Poster for Edward Bawden: Trains, Planes & Automobiles
