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Thomas Hennell
British artist
Thomas Hennell (16 April 1903 – 1945) was a British artist and writer who specialised in illustrations and essays on the subject of the British countryside.
Thomas hennell biography
He was an official war artist during the Second World War and was killed while serving in Indonesia in November 1945.
Early life
Hennell was born in Ridley, Kent in 1903, the second son of the Rev.
Harold Barclay Hennell and Ethel Mary Hennell.[2] He attended primary school in Broadstairs and then secondary school at Bradfield College, Berkshire before studying art at Regent Street Polytechnic.[3] Hennell qualified as a teacher in 1928 and taught for some years at the Kingswood School, Bath and at the King's School, Bruton in Somerset.
Whilst at college Hennell had begun travelling around the British countryside to work on essays and illustrations of rural landscapes.[2] He had a nervous breakdown from 1932–35 and was detained first at the Mauds