Philip Dennis Hawkins

FGRA The Guild of Railway Artists (GRA) is a British-based art guild whose members are painters of railway subjects. Membership can be applied for by submitting examples of one's work. "Friends" of the Guild are supporters of the guild who are not n ...

is a British

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

painter and photographer. He was born in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

, and became a railway illustrator. He was a founder of the

Guild of Railway Artists The Guild of Railway Artists (GRA) is a British-based art guild whose members are painters of railway subjects. Membership can be applied for by submitting examples of one's work. "Friends" of the Guild are supporters of the guild who are not ...

and elected a Fellow in 1998.Warwickshire Railways: Railway Art: Philip D Hawkins FGRA
Warwickshire Railways website.

Bibliography

* ''Tracks on Canvas'' (1998) * ''Steam on Canvas'' (2005)

References

External links

Artist's website
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