Painter of fruit and flowers, townscapes and murals; writer. He worked mainly in oils and tempera. Born in Purley, he studied at the Byam Shaw School and then at the RA Schools. His first one-man show was at the Picture Hire Gallery in 1936, and he exhibited at a number of London and New York galleries. He taught mural painting at the Westminster School of Art and wrote a number of books including She Closed the Door, 1931, and A Pictorial Gospel, 1949. He is perhaps best known for his egg-tempera still-lifes, which have the quality of Victorian botanical illustrations: the Chantrey Bequest bought October (1936) and Undergrowth (1941), both in the Tate Gallery.