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Painter, Glass painter, Illustrator, b. 1898 - d. 1993

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    • * Milner (Donald Ewart, 1898-1993). Views of Old Town and the Railway Village, Swindon, 1973,
      Jun. 15, 2017

      * Milner (Donald Ewart, 1898-1993). Views of Old Town and the Railway Village, Swindon, 1973,

      Est: £200 - £300

      3 watercolours on pale cream grey paper, each signed and dated 1973, measuring 28 x 39 cm (11 x 15.25 ins), views of "The Old Parish Church of Holyrood" and "High Street from Hermitage Walk" (both Old Town, Swindon) and the Railway Village, Swindon. In 1841 the Great Western Railway Company began construction work on a major new engineering works which would become, in their heyday, one of the largest industrial complexes in the world. The chosen location was open farmland some two miles from the small hilltop market town of Swindon. The lack of existing housing in the vicinity of the works meant that it quickly became necessary to provide accommodation for the influx of workers. Shortly after the establishment of the works, a planned village to accommodate the GWR’s early work force was built nearby, to the south of the works on the other side of the railway. The terraced stone houses of this railway village, most of which still stand today, are an excellent early example of a “model village” development for an industrial work-force. Planned as a self-contained community, the intention was to provide all the necessary facilities (as perceived from a 19th-century point of view) for a ‘decent’ life. The original conception and plan for the village belonged to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the engineer selected by the GWR to oversee the construction of the London to Bristol railway, who was to become one of the greatest of the Victorian engineers. The Artist: Born in Huddersfield on May 19th, 1898, the son of James Hiley Milner, also an artist, and Lucy Helen Milner. He studied at the Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts and at the Royal College of Art where he received his diploma in 1921. He was Head Master of the Aston School of Arts & Crafts, Birmingham, in the 1920s. He was also a typographic designer, and produced designs for the Bibliographical Society, Sidgewich and Jackson, and the Kynoch Press. Milner Initials, a wood letter of robust and solid appearance in 48 and 72 point is by him. He came to Bristol in 1937 to take up his post as Principal of the West of England College of Art. He exhibited at the Royal Academy (1937 and 1938) the R. W. A. and the New English Art Club, and he has works in public collections at Newcastle, Brighton, Eastbourne, Cheltenham and Bristol. He was a painter in oils and watercolour, a designer of stained glass windows, examples of which are at the Assize Courts and the University of Bristol. Later in life, he moved to Wotton-under-Edge and wrote a book about the village in 1971. In 1975 he was elected President of the R.W.A. He was awarded the OBE in 1952 by the Queen. Quantity (3)

      Dominic Winter Auctions
    • DDS Donald E. Milner (20th century) Cornish harbour
      Oct. 23, 2013

      DDS Donald E. Milner (20th century) Cornish harbour

      Est: £200 - £300

      DDS Donald E. Milner (20th century) Cornish harbour Oil on board Signed lower right 50 x 60.5cm (19 3/4 x 24in) Exhibited: Royal Academy exhibition 1946, No. 279.

      Dreweatts 1759
    • Donald Ewart Milner (1898-1993) Gloucester Docks
      Mar. 24, 2010

      Donald Ewart Milner (1898-1993) Gloucester Docks

      Est: £100 - £150

      Donald Ewart Milner (1898-1993) Gloucester Docks Signed, dated August 1976 and inscribed For Evan and Felicity Charlton from Donald Milner Pencil and watercolour, mounted unframed 29.5 x 38cm; 11½ x 15in With an unframed watercolour by Michael Stewart of a wooded landscape signed, dated 35 and inscribed: To Evan 28/3/36 36 x 46cm (2) Some light brown spots of foxing, mainly to the sky

      Woolley & Wallis
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