Ed Lewis (1936 - 2018)
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Anita with Male Presence by Ed  Lewis
Anita with Male Presence. 1957
 
Beethoven Abstract by Ed  Lewis
Beethoven Abstract. 1957
 
Breakfast on a Plate. C. 2000. by Ed  Lewis
Breakfast on a Plate. C. 2000.. 
 
Cat, Violin and Sylvia Plath Book by Ed  Lewis
Cat, Violin and Sylvia Plath Book. c. 2003
 
Cookers. 2008 by Ed  Lewis
Cookers. 2008. 
 
Fitou Still Life by Ed  Lewis
Fitou Still Life. 1997
 
Frieze 2 by Ed  Lewis
Frieze 2. 1999
 
Gemlik, Sea of Marmara, Turkey by Ed  Lewis
Gemlik, Sea of Marmara, Turkey. 1964
 
Happen Horse Extinct by Ed  Lewis
Happen Horse Extinct. 2009
 
Harang et Deux Sardines. 2012. by Ed  Lewis
Harang et Deux Sardines. 2012.. 
 
Herring and Two Sardines . 2012 by Ed  Lewis
Herring and Two Sardines . 2012. 
 
Homage to Goya's 'The Third of May 1808' by Ed  Lewis
Homage to Goya's 'The Third of May 1808'. c. 2003
 
Kitchen Table by Ed  Lewis
Kitchen Table. 1983
 
Lent by Ed  Lewis
Lent. 1957
 
Little Sun by Ed  Lewis
Little Sun. 1999
 
Metropolis by Ed  Lewis
Metropolis. 1999
 
Oedipus and Jocasta by Ed  Lewis
Oedipus and Jocasta. 1963
 
Potted Plant & Fruit Bowl. c2000. by Ed  Lewis
Potted Plant & Fruit Bowl. c2000.. 
 
Space by Ed  Lewis
Space. 1990s
 

St Martin in the Field. 
 
The Same Tomatoes. c2008 by Ed  Lewis
The Same Tomatoes. c2008. 
 
Untitled abstract by Ed  Lewis
Untitled abstract. 2003 (reworked 2011)
 
Untitled abstract by Ed  Lewis
Untitled abstract. 1998
 

Biography

Born in Wales, Lewis studied at Cambridge in the late 1950s following a period of National Service. After the death of his father in 1959 he was encouraged by a maternal relative, Myfanwy Piper, to pursue his preferred option of art. He entered the Slade School of Fine Art in 1960 through the intervention of Myfanwy’s husband, John Piper, who showed Lewis’s promising work to the Slade’s principal, William Coldstream. Encouraged by fellow Welshman Ceri Richards, Lewis evolved a ‘kitchen sink’ feel for the simple poetry of humble surroundings.

In the late 1960s Lewis left London for his native Wales, teacher training and the security of a teaching job in the Rhondda. A rustic naturalism and gentle expressionism entered his work in response to the new environment. On retirement in 1996, Lewis moved to Bath where he continued to work and exhibit in mixed shows.