Frank Brangwyn (b. Bruges, 13 May 1867: d. Ditchling, Sussex, 11 June 1956) was a British painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and designer, the son of a Welsh architect who specialised in church furnishings, and who was working in Belgium at the time of Frank’s birth. Between 1882–84 he served an apprenticeship with William Morris, and like his master he was active in a variety of fields. He was an Official War Artist during the First World War, and was considered one of the finest draughtsmen of the day; a skilful etcher and lithographer, who also made designs for a great range of objects (furniture, textiles, ceramics, glassware, and jewellery) however, he became best known for his murals. His most famous undertaking in this field was a series of large panels on the theme of the British empire, commissioned by the House of Lords.
All images © Estate of Sir Frank William Brangwyn.
This is part 3 of a 10-part series on the works of Frank Brangwyn:
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| 1910 Via del Trombe, Messina etching on paper 54 x 59.5 cm |
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| 1910 The card players oil on canvas 140.5 × 177.6 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| 1910 Shrine of the Immacolata etching on paper 57.8 x 73 cm William Morris Gallery, London |
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| 1910 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam front cover, published by T.N. Foulis |
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| 1910 Old Houses, St. Cirq etching in black on paper 36.8 x 28.6 cm (plate) |
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| c1910 Bridge at Alcantara etching, aquatint and drypoin on laid paper 33 x 43 cm |
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| c1910-17 Gallino, Navarre watercolour over conté crayon on paper 51.8 x 59.5 cm Queenland Art Galley of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia |
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| c1910 Beer Porters, study for Lloyds Register of Shipping charcoal and chalk on paper, squared 73 x 120 cm |
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| c1910 Unloading oranges at London Bridge lithograph on paper 58 x 84.7 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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| c1910 The Shipbuilders oil on canvas 92.1 x 203.5 cm Lady Lever Art Gallery, Wirral, UK |
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| c1910 The building of the Frigate: an Old-Time Shipyard oil on canvas 40,6 x 61 cm |
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| 1910c Old Houses, Taormina oil on canvas 36.2 x 49 cm William Morris Gallery, London |
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| c1910s Shepherd and flock in a snow-swept landscape (Used as a greeting card by the artist and his wife) woodcut on paper 19 x 25.4 cm V&A Museum, London |
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| c1911 Blast Furnace lithograph on paper 13.8 x 20.3 cm |
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| c1911 Garden of the Mosque of Süleyman, Constantinople colour woodcut 17.6 x 21.5 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| 1911 Valentre Bridge, Cahors etching on paper 55.8 x 82.5 cm (plate) |
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| 1911 The Mountebank (Saltimbanque) etching on paper 24 x 26.5 cm |
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| 1911 The Lot at Vers etching on paper 13 x 16.5 cm |
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| 1911 Pont Neuf, Paris etching on paper 75.5 x 55.5 cm |
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| 1911 Cannon Street Station, exterior etching on paper 70 x 72.5 cm |
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| 1911 Cahors Cathedral watercolour and gouache on paper 76 x 54 cm |
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| 1912 Santa Maria, Venice etching on paper 44.5 x 15.2 cm |
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| 1912 Pont Vieux, Albi, France watercolour and gouache over pencil 47 x 72.7 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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| 1912 Notre Dame, Poitiers etching and drypoint in black on wove paper 25 x 20.1 cm (plate) |
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| 1912 Mowers wood engraving on paper 13 x 19 cm |
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| 1912 Breaking up of the Duncan etching on paper 54.5 x 82 cm |
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| 1912 The Nativity etching on paper 54.5 x 73 cm |
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| 1912 The Mowers woodcut on paper 13.2 x 19.4 cm |
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| 1912 The Monument etching and plate-tone printed in brown ink 70.6 x 45.3 cm (plate) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| 1912 Shipbuilding woodcut on paper 16.9 x 13.3 cm |
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| 1912-23 Man playing Harmonium lithograph on paper 47 x 36 cm |
Following the move of Christ's Hospital School from London to Horsham in Sussex completed in 1902 Aston Webb, the architect of the Tudor-Gothic Revival buildings turned to the artist Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956), with whom he had worked previously on large-scale projects, to decorate the Chapel. A decorative scheme was devised by the school's headmaster, A.W. Upcott to inspire and educate pupils, and Brangwyn's paintings in tempera illustrate incidents in the history of the Christian Church. The resulting sixteen murals, all but two measuring 14 by 8 feet, were completed between 1912 and 1923.
Oil & tempera on canvas.
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| The Martyrdom of St Stephen |
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| The Conversion of Saint Augustine at Milan, AD 387 |
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| The Arrival of St Paul at Rome |
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| Peter Standing up with the Eleven |
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| Let the people praise thee O God, let all the people praise thee |
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| John Eliot Giving Bibles to the Mohicans, 1660 AD |
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| And the Men led Saul by the hand and brought him to Damascus |
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| St. Wilfred, First Bishop of Selsey Teaching the South Saxons, AD 681 |
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| St. Paul Shipwrecked |
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| St. Columba Landing at Iona |
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| St. Augustine at Ebbsfleet |
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| St. Ambrose Training the Choir at His Church in Milan, AD 385 |
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| St. Alban Martyr |
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| St. Patrick in the Forest |
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| St. Aidan, Bishop of North Cumbria, AD 635 Training Boys |
