Wilfrid Wood

Wilfrid René Wood (1 December 1888 – 18 February 1976) was a British engraver and watercolourist.

He painted urban landscapes[1] of British towns such as Stamford, Lincolnshire.

[2] Wilfrid Wood was born in Cheadle Hulme, south of Manchester.

His mother was an artist and his father a cutler and surgical instrument maker.

[3] During the First World War he enlisted in the Artists' Rifles and was commissioned in the Machine Gun Corps,[4] serving in France & Flanders and Italy; he continued to sketch during his war service.