Frederick Etchells
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Frederick Etchells (1886 - 1973) was a British artist.
He was a contributor to the Omega Workshops, but was one of those breaking away with Wyndham Lewis. Which began the Rebel Art Workshop, which then transformed into the Vorticists several of his illustrations appeared in the issues of BLAST of which there were only two issues created during the First World War. His most significant work is his translation of Le Corbusier's Vers Une Architecture known in its English title as Towards a New Architecture, he later translated another book of Corbusier's Urbanisme which in its English translation became The City of Tommorow. He gradually moved into architecture after a period of book publication, with the Haslewood Press. Later he became a church and conservation architect. He had close associations with John Betjeman who was a tenant in one of his flats in Mayfair, this was during the period when Betjeman was a journalist with The Architectural Review.
He contributed articles to the journal called The Studio.
He was an active member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) and a founding member of the Georgian Group.
He was married to Hester Margaret Sainsbury who was a book illustrator and artist known for her performances to music.
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