Kenneth Steel

Kenneth Steel (RBA, SGA, 9 July 1906 – 1970) was a British artist creating works of art primarily in watercolor.[1] He was noted for landscapes, street scenes and as a poster designer.[2]

Steel was born in Sheffield, England to G.T.Steel, an artist and silver engraver. He studied at Sheffield College of Art under Anthony Betts. During World War II, both his mother and wife died as victims of German bombing raids on Sheffield.

Most of Steel's work was produced as commercial pieces for the railways and he is also represented in a number of public collections including the Waterford Municipal Art Collection where his watercolour "St Audeon's Church" can be seen in the Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland.<"Waterford Municipal Art Collection" by Dr Peter Jordan, 2006 Gandon Press, ISBN 0948037 423 hardback / 0948037 431 paperback> In recent years, several of his works have been sold at auction by Christie's as interest has risen in art of the early twentieth century.[3]

See also

Six Picture Slide Show of art by Kenneth Steel

Kenneth Steel travel posters

Additional Kenneth Steel travel posters

Carriage prints by Kenneth Steel

References

  1. ↑ "BBC - Your Paintings - Kenneth Steel". BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Traveling Art Gallery - Railway Carriage Prints". Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Art of Rail to Bring in Thousands". Sheffield Weekly Gazette. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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