Stanley Roy Badmin

Badmin was born in Sydenham in 1906 and baptized at a Methodist Chapel in Holcombe, Somerset, in 1908.

[2] During the Second World War, he worked for the British government's Ministry of Information, before joining the Royal Air Force.

He was particularly inspired by the English rural landscape, and was especially noted for his detailed yet evocative paintings of trees.

His work shows strong affinities with contemporary neo-romantic artists such as Graham Sutherland, John Piper and Eric Ravilious.

His greatest public recognition came through his book illustration and advertising work, which was also largely based on English landscape subjects.