Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Robert Tavener was born and brought up in Hampstead, in a family of tailors and glovers. He showed his artistic talent at a young age, mostly through use of chalk on pavements. After leaving school, Tavener took a desk job to please his parents rather than following his artistic bent but was soon called up to serve in the Royal Artillery in 1940. His war service took him to the beaches of Normandy on D-Day and allowed him to study for eight months after the war ended at the University of Göttingenin the arts and crafts faculty. Studying at Hornsey College of Art specializing in lithography, he obtained a teaching diploma. Posts at the Medway College of Art in Rochester and St Martin’s School of Art in London were followed by Eastbourne College of Art and Design, where Tavener became the Head of Printmaking. Tavener’s prints were produced on his 1882 Albion Press in his studio at home and largely focused on the English countryside and architecture. “My subject matter is a personal interpretation of the richness, variety, beauty, and the underlying relationship with the past, of our landscape and building,” he said. His architectural output focused on pictures of Oxford and Cambridge, as well as the great cathedrals and Wren’s city churches. Much of his work went to public institutions, both in the UK and the USA.
Mid-20th Century Modern Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Pen
Late 20th Century Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Pen
1980s Contemporary Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Impressionist Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Gouache
Early 19th Century English School Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Early 19th Century Academic Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
1960s Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Early 20th Century Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
1930s Art Deco Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Gouache, Pen
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
1880s Pre-Raphaelite Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
1970s Modern Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Mid-20th Century Modern Robert Tavener Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Permanent Marker