About Kenneth Lawson
Lived 1920 – 2008 (aged 87–88). Kenneth Lawson was a painter.
Kenneth Lawson (22 August 1920 - 22 May 2008) was an English artist and set designer.
Lawson was born in South Norwood on 22 August 1920. He began painting in the 1930s in Dulwich, mentored by James Fitton RA, and in 1942 exhibited with The London Group.
In 1945, during World War II, Lawson survived a hit on his home by a V-1 flying bomb. Lawson later worked with Sutherland on studies for the large tapestry Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph for Coventry Cathedral.
In retirement he returned to painting, inspired by visits to the Algarve, Madeira and the Amalfi coast, and latterly he spend winters in Menton, France.
Lawson died on 22 May 2008 at his home in Didsbury, Greater Manchester, after suffering from cancer. He was survived by his long-term partner Jean Maudsley.
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English artist and set designer (1920–2008)
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