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Bawden designed murals from very early on in his career. He was given his first major commission in 1928 by Sir Joseph Duveen to create a mural for the refectory at Morley College, London with Eric Ravilious and Charles Mahoney and in 1930 this was officially opened by Stanley Baldwin. Very unfortunately, this was destroyed during the Second World War. However Bawden was invited to create a new mural for the college in 1958. The Bawden Archive at the Cecil Higgins Gallery includes a study in watercolour for the Country Life mural designed for the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the Festival of Britain in 1951 and sketches for the 1958 Morley College mural.
 

    1928 Mural for the refectory at Morley College, London
1951 Mural for the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion, South Bank, London for the Festival of Britain
celebration
1952 Murals for the Orient Line ships Orcades and Oronsay
1957-1958 Mural for the entrance hall to Morgan Crucible Co. Battersea Works
1958 Mural for the Brussels Exhibition
1958 Mural for Morley College London, depicting scenes from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, to
replace the original 1928 mural which was destroyed during the Second World War in 1941.
1963 Murals for the Physics Building, University of Hull
1965 Mural for Pilkington Brothers' boardroom
1965 Mural for the Microbiology Block at Queen's University, Belfast
1966 Commissioned to create a mural for British Petroleum at Britannic House, London
1966 Mural for the British Pavilion, Expo 66 in Montreal
1971 Mural for Carr's Lane Congregational Chapel, Birmingham
1973 Mural for Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford

 
     
Photograph of mural for Hull University Physics Block: Edward Bawden in his studio with mural Photograph of one of three Murals for Carr's Lane, Congregational Chapel, Birmingham: Third Chapel 1820 - 1870 Photograph of sketch designs for Blackwell's mural in Oxford: Section of Mural Photograph of Morley College Murals 1928 - 1930: Romeo and Juliet
Photograph of the Lion and Unicorn Pavillion at The Festival of Britain Exhibition: Section of the mural Photograph of Mural for Hull University Physics Block: Edward Bawden in his studio with mural Photograph of International Building Society Club Restaurant Mural Photograph of Morley College Murals 1958: Scenes from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

 


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