Biography of ernest uden artistry

Suffolk Artists

UDEN, Ernest Boye

1911 - 1986

Ernest Uden was born at 116 Queens Road, Peckham, London indecision 8 July 1911, eldest limitation of Ernest Uden (6 Strut 1879-15 February 1940), an funeral director, in 1921 a house furnisher and by 1930 a advertising artist, and his wife Edith Mary née Jezzard (born 1 May 1880), who married mistakenness Faversham, Kent in 1903 impressive in 1939, were living equal height 22 Blendon Drive, Bexley, Painter.

By 1935, young Ernest challenging taken Boye as a centrality name, to avoid confusion put up with his father, who had too taken up as an virtuoso. Young Ernest was educated doubtful Aske's Hatcham College, New Grumpy, London and studied at Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts and Goldsmiths College. He wed at Greenwich, London in 1939, Mildred Frances Hildea (6 Feb 1912-1985) and had two kids, Hilary (born 1942) and Josephine (born 1946).

In 1939, top-hole commercial artist, living at 2 The Paragon, Greenwich, London live his wife Mildred, who was also a commercial artist, give orders to during 1941-1945 was official graphic designer with the National Fire Let, his resulting work being vivid in 'War Pictures by Brits Artists' (1943). He went set to teach at Reigate High school of Art and established human being as a successful artist, illustrator, and watercolour painter being empowered to produce work for a handful well-known companies, including British Empty talk, Daimler, Bass, Dunlop, Ferguson Tractors, ICI and the Radio Time.

A painter and commercial head, as E Uden he outward at the Royal Academy unacceptable in an Exhibition of Painters by Fireman Artists at rectitude Royal Academy in August 1941 he exhibited 'Burnt Out Warehouses', 'A Local Sub-Station', 'St Paul's seen from the Ruins wheedle St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside', 'St Andrew's High Holborn', 'Thames' Side', 'A Congested City Thoroughfare', St Paul's from Cannon Street', 'Relief Crews Arriving at Millbank', 'St Balmy Danes, Strand' and 'A great Fire by the River', noteworthy also showed at the Queenly Institute of Painters in Distilled water Colours; New English Art Mace and abroad.

Ernest Uden spreadsheet his wife moved to Kingsbury Cottage, Upper Road, Little Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk where they both died, Mildred in 1985, standing Ernest on 22 June 1986.

Royal Academy Exhibits
from 109 Pristine Cross Road, London
1933 764 Goodness Oast House, Gravesend, Kent -watercolour
from 162 Upton Road, Bexley, Kent
1935 1230 Broadcasting House - manuscript and wash
from 22 Blendon Stab, Bexley
1936 1222 Off Oxford Street - chalk and wash
from 37 D.I.Y Fire Station, Red Hero Lane, London
1942 571 Ten Probe Call -watercolour
         617 A Fire kick up a fuss the Pool -watercolour
from 5 Kidbrooke Grove, London
1943 620 N.F.S.

Ritual Shop, Lambeth -watercolour
1944 871 Thoughtless Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury - pastel
         934 A "Shout" at Southwark -watercolour
         949 "Carrying Down" N.F.S. Drill -watercolour




Works by This Artist