Stephen Bone
| Stephen Bone | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 November 1904 Chiswick, London |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. London |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Slade School of Fine Art |
| Known for | Painting, drawing |
Stephen Bone (13 November 1904 – 15 September 1958) was an English painter, writer, broadcaster and noted war artist. Bone achieved early success in book illustration using woodcuts before he turned to painting and art criticism.[1]
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Early life
Stephen Bone was born in Chiswick in west London, the son of Sir Muirhead Bone, an artist, and Gertrude Helana Dodd, a writer. After leaving Bedales School he travelled widely in Europe with his father before enrolling at the Slade School of Fine Art in 1922. He became disillusioned with the Slade and left in 1924 to begin illustrating books, with woodcuts, for his mother and other writers. In 1925 he was awarded the Gold Medal for Wood Engraving at the International Exhibition in Paris.[2] In 1926 he was the subject of a joint exhibition at the Goupil Gallery, alongside Rodney Joseph Burn, and in 1928 he painted a mural for the underground station at Piccadilly Circus.[3]
In 1929 Bone married the artist Mary Adshead and they were to have two sons and a daughter.[4] The couple travelled extensively across Britain and Europe which allowed Bone to paint outdoors in all weathers and to develop a style of bright landscape painting that proved popular and sold well at a number of gallery exhibitions.[3]
World War II
At the outbreak of the Second World War, Bone enlisted as an officier in the Civil Defence Camouflage Establishment based in Leamington Spa.[5] In June 1943 Bone was appointed by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to be a full-time salaried artist to the Ministry of Information specialising in Admiralty subjects. The post had originally being held by Stephens father, Muirhead Bone, but following the death of Gavin Bone, Stephens brother, Muirhead decided not to continue with the commission. Stephen produced a large quantity of works showing naval craft and coastal installations around Great Britain. He recorded the 1944 Normandy landings, painted scenes in Caen and Courseulles after the invasion and went on to record the assault on Walcheren Island in the Netherlands. Toward the end of 1944 he travelled to Norway and painted the wreck of the Tirpitz.[6]
Later life
After the War, Bone found his style of painting somewhat out of fashion and, although he continued to paint, he found it difficult to get his work exhibited. He became an art critic for the Manchester Guardian, wrote humorous pieces for the Glasgow Herald and did television and radio work for the BBC. With his wife, he wrote and illustrated children's books. He died of cancer on 15 September 1958 at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.[3]
Selected bibliography
- 1921: Mr Paul (Jonathan Cape), a novel by Gertrude Bone, woodcuts by Stephen Bone, OCLC 965634
- 1921: The Furrowed Earth (Chatto & Windus), by Gertrude Bone with woodcuts by Stephen Bone
- 1924: Oasis (Cape), with Gertrude Bone
- 1925: Of the Western Isles (T N Foulis), "forty woodcuts by Stephen Bone, with letterpress by Gertrude Bone", OCLC 1460328
- 1928: The Hidden Orchis (London: Medici Society), with Gertrude Bone
- 1930: The Cope (Medici), with Gertrude Bone
- 1936: The Little Boy and His House (J M Dent), children's picture book by Bone and Mary Adshead, OCLC 70299772
- 1937: The West Coast of Scotland, Skye to Oban (Batsford); later issued by Faber as a Shell Guide
- 1939: Albion: an Artist's Britain (A & C Black)
- 1942: The Silly Snail and Other Stories (Dent), Bone and Adshead
- 1946: British Weather, Britain in Pictures no. 97 (Collins)
- 1951: The English and Their Country (Longmans, Green), Stephen Bone with illustrations by Muirhead Bone, OCLC 559578913
- 1953: The Little Boys and Their Boats (Dent), Bone and Adshead, OCLC 767530555[2]
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- Paintings by Stephen Bone at the Art UK site
- Stephen Bone at Library of Congress Authorities, with 7 catalogue records (including "from old catalog")
- Gertrude Bone at LC Authorities, 7 records, and at WorldCat
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