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Eric Fraser FSIA (1902-1983)


Eric George Fraser, FSIA (1902-1983)

Eric Fraser’s work as an illustrator and designer is at once varied and highly distinctive. Developing an assured technique, he could adapt his style to almost any subject matter, from the whimsical to the tragic. As a result, he defined the look of Radio Times for four decades and became a mainstay of J M Dent’s Everyman’s Library – while also creating murals, stained glass and advertisements (including the immortal ‘Mr Therm’).

Eric Fraser was born at 39 Vincent Street, Westminster, London, on 11 June 1902, the only child of the solicitor’s clerk, George Fraser, and his wife, Matilda (née Peartree), the headmistress of the primary department of St Mary’s Church of England elementary school, Hide Place. From 1913 to 1919, he was educated at Westminster City School and, while still a pupil, attended Walter Sickert’s evening classes at Westminster School of Art. Then, in 1919, he won a scholarship to Goldsmiths’ College School of Art.

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