John Armstrong, A.R.A.

1893-1973

A painter, designer and book illustrator, Armstrong studied at St John’s College in Oxford 1912–3 and at St John’s Wood School of Art 1913–4. After serving in the Royal Field Artillery 1914–9, he had his first solo exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in 1928.  With Paul Nash, John Armstrong co-founded Unit One, whose manifesto declared[…]