Eric Malthouse British, 1914-1997

Eric Malthouse ( 1914 - 1997) was born in Erdington, Birmingham . He studied at Birmingham College of Arts & Crafts (1931-37). He was the Art Master at Salt High Schools at Saltaire, Shipley, Yorkshire (1938-39). Then he was appointed Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer at Cardiff College of Art (1944-73). He was a founder member of the "South Wales Group" (1949) and of the "56 Group Wales" (1956-70). Façade (1969), screen prints were made after his designs for John Dankworth's performance of Sir William Walton's music based on Edith Sitwell's poems of the same title, and the nine screen prints comprising Prynu Dol (1970) inspired by the writings of Kate Roberts. In 1985 he moved back to Barry in South Wales. There he began a series of watercolours of scenes around Barry which he continued until he died in 1997.