Norman Wilkinson

Norman Wilkinson, an officer in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and a classically trained artist, is credited with bringing dazzle camouflage to the Royal Navy in 1917. Wilkinson was not the first to suggest the idea, however. Among others, scientist John Graham Kerr claimed credit…

Norman Wilkinson and Albert Rutherston, artists with reputations outside the theatre, were his principal designers, and their settings typically consisted of brightly painted, draped curtains. Granville-Barker’s style and particularly the use of drapes in the settings reflect clearly the influence of Craig’s early work for…