Henry Augustus Lunn (always known as Augustus Lunn) (16 August 1905 – 1986) was a British artist and art teacher, best known for works with tempera and large mural paintings.
Lunn was born in Liverpool in 1905, the son of George Henry Lunn, a clergyman, and his wife Blanche Edith Maude (née Cane Spicer).
[1] Lunn studied at Kingston School of Art, and then won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, where he won the Edwin Abbey Mural Scholarship at the British School at Rome.
[4] He is regarded as one of the leading figures in the revival of tempera painting in Britain.
[8] There was a solo exhibition of his work in 1985, the year before his death, at the Michael Parkin Fine Art Gallery in London.