Henry Lamb
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Henry Lamb MC RA (1883 - 8 October 1960) was Australian-born British painter, and follower of Augustus John. He was a founder member of the Camden Town Group.
He was the son of Sir Horace Lamb, FRS. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Manchester University Medical School and Guy's Hospital in London. He studied painting at La Palette, Paris.
He saw active service in the First World War in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was awarded the Military Cross.
A World war II official artist, he is noted for his unusual portraits, as exampled by his well-known picture of an elongated Lytton Strachey. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1940 and was made a full Member in 1949. He was a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery from 1942 and of the Tate Gallery 1944-51.
He married in 1928 Lady Pansy Pakenham, daughter of the 5th Earl of Longford, and they had a son and a daughter.
[edit] References
- Keith Clements (1985) Henry Lamb: the Artist and his Friends
- Who Was Who
[edit] External links
- Examples of Lamb's work at the Tate: [1]
- George Shaw on Henry Lamb
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