Stephen Gooden (1892–1955)

Master engraver whose St George design for Windsor Castle became the George Medal worn by British heroes.

ABOUT

Stephen Frederick Gooden CBE, RA, RE (born Tulse Hill, London, 9 October 1892, died Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, 21 September 1955) was an English artist, engraver, illustrator and designer of banknotes. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1933 and a Fellow of the Royal Academy in 1946. He was created a Commander of the British Empire in the 1942 Birthday Honours. == Early life == Gooden was the son of a picture dealer, Stephen…

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NOTABLE WORKS

The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine: The Swan and the Cook 1929 · Cleveland Museum of Art The Swan and the Cook 1929 · Cleveland Museum of Art Illustration for "Peronnik the Fool": Tailpiece 1933 · Cleveland Museum of Art Illustration for "Peronnik the Fool": Cock Key 1933 · Cleveland Museum of Art Illustration for "Peronnik the Fool": A Bill and a Wooden Block 1933 · Cleveland Museum of Art Illustration for "Peronnik the Fool": A Lion Tearing at a Sack 1933 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

William BlakeRomanticism Albrecht DürerNorthern Renaissance

Influenced