1939
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Long Man of Wilmington is a 1939 watercolor by Eric Ravilious, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Eric Ravilious painted *The Long Man of Wilmington* in 1939. It’s a watercolour of a giant figure cut into a chalk hillside. The image shows a tall, stick-like man against the landscape. The giant is an old mystery. Some say it’s ancient, others guess it’s from the 1500s. No one knows why it’s there. Check out more of Ravilious, Eric’s work.
A watercolour by Eric Ravilious from August 1939 depicts the Wilmington Giant, a chalk figure cut into a hillside on the South Downs in Sussex, signed and dated by the artist. The work was included in the United Artists Exhibition at Burlington House from January to March 1940.
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Eric William Ravilious was a British painter, designer, book illustrator and wood-engraver.
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