Richard Bawden 1936-2024 was a true artist and craftsman. He was a painter, printmaker and designer with an accomplished career spanning over 60 years.
Richard was born in 1936, son of the well-known artist Edward Bawden CBE RA, and studied painting, printmaking, and graphic design at Chelsea, St Martin's and the Royal College of Art. Richard exhibited widely throughout his career and has work in public and private collections including the Tate, the V&A, the Royal Collection, and the Government Art Collection.
His work has a graphic, linear quality and a strong sense of craftsmanship, which translates naturally into many forms. These have included book illustration, murals for restaurants, engraved glass, church windows and doors, a poster for London Transport, mosaics and furniture.
Richard has exhibited at Bircham since its opening in 1988 including an 80th birthday exhibition alongside his friend and contemporary - the late Richard Batterham.
Richard was a Council member of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), an elected member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), a member of the New English Art Club (NEAC), and a former Chairman of the Gainsborough House Print Workshop in Sudbury.
