Ernest Wallcousins

Ernest Charles Wallcousins (né Cousins, 21 July 1882[1] – 1976) was a British illustrator and later a famous portraitist and landscape painter.

His style was Pre-Raphaelite, Celtic romance but with strong, muscular fighting heroes as well as romantic women.

His work shows dramatic structure, anatomic accuracy and sensuality, with a characteristic vault of space at the top of the design.

He designed posters for the London Underground Group 1925, and became famed for illustrations of royal occasions.

[3] Wallcousins painted a famous portrait of Sir Winston Churchill from life, as the wartime Prime Minister celebrating the Allied victories in 1945.