Painter. He was recognized as a 20th-century English watercolorist as well as an oil-on-canvas painter, printer with ink, and stained-glass designer. Considered a pioneer of Modern Art, his works were usually of landscapes with churches, which appeared on book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics, ceramics, and elsewhere. He also painted seascapes. Born the youngest of three sons of a solicitor, he was educated at the Richmond School of Art before the Royal College of Art in London, which he left at the end of 1929. He had studied law with his father for three years before turning to art. At first, he was an abstract artist but turned to natural realization. He was a recognized World War I painter, capturing his wartime depictions of bomb-damaged churches and landmarks. One of his brothers was killed in action during the war. During World War II, he was selected to be an official war artist for the War Artist's Advisory Committee. Throughout the years, he joined with other artists to document church sculptures. He wrote and illustrated the guide to Oxfordshire, focusing on rural churches. In 1942, he was commissioned to paint "Renishaw Hall," the home of Sir O. Sitwell, and at least 70 of his paintings remain with the family. In 1950, he started working with stained glass, producing windows for small churches. With a partner, he produced large stained-glass window projects, such as for the chapel of Robinson College at the University of Cambridge, St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, and "The Land Is Bright," a large window in the Washington National Cathedral in the United States. With mixed reviews, he was commissioned to produce cathedral tapestries as well as murals, including his impressive 42-paneled 1951 piece, "The Englishman's Home". Throughout his career, he collaborated with poets John Betjeman and Geoffrey Grigson on the" Shell Guides," the potter Geoffrey Eastop and the artist Ben Nicholson. Credited with seven books along with magazine articles, he wrote extensively on modern art. The Tate Museum in London has 180 works of his. Besides several exhibits in Great Britain, his works can be found in the United States in exhibitions in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Dallas, Cleveland, and elsewhere. He was married twice. The first marriage was over within a year. Over a twenty-year period, he and his second wife converted a very rustic barn into a modern studio. The couple had two sons and two daughters, and a couple of his children and grandchildren became successful artists. With the increase in value of his paintings, faked paintings of his works have been produced in recent years.