Edward H. Thompson
Edward H. Thompson (1879 - 1949) was born in Cumbria and went against
the wishes of his parents to become a painter. In his lifetime he
painted as many as ten thousand paintings and most of them of the
Lake District.
Known as Ted, he had an interest in painting from an early age
when he spotting someone painting and thought he could do better
than that. He eventually became a full time artist
He also painted picture postcards for Valentines of Dundee. In
the 1940s Valentines reproduced the pictures in the form of booklets
and also calendars, Ted's last work for Valentines appears to have
been a series of idealised country cottages, in 1949 for a calendar.
See Edward H. Thompson: A Phenomenal Talent
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