Dennis Flanders

Dennis Flanders RBA RWS (2 July 1915 – 13 August 1994) was a British artist and draughtsman who specialized in pen and ink drawings, often of English landscapes and buildings.

[1] He is notable for his meticulous depictions of the impact of aerial bombing upon historic buildings during World War Two.

The young Flanders was a naturally gifted artist who began drawing at an early age.

[4] In later life, he claimed he was inspired to do this after seeing a copy of Muirhead Bone's book of illustrations, Old Spain.

[3] Flanders illustrated several books and published two volumes of prints from his own drawings of the British landscape and its architecture, which had been the dominant theme of his artistic career.