Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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 Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pen
Mid-20th Century Modern Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pen
Late 20th Century Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Naturalistic Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil
1930s Art Deco Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Gouache, Pen
19th Century Impressionist Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1970s Modern Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Early 19th Century Academic Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Pen
1970s Contemporary Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Drypoint
1880s Naturalistic Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Early 19th Century English School Robert Tavener Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen




