Albert Richards (artist)

Albert Richards (19 December 1919 – 5 March 1945) was a British war artist. Born in 1919 to a World War I veteran, he enlisted as a sapper in 1940. He later served in the British Army during World War II, both as a paratrooper and as a war artist. He was the youngest of the three British official war artists killed during the conflict.

Albert Richards
Born(1919-12-19)19 December 1919
Liverpool
Died5 March 1945(1945-03-05) (aged 25)
Gennep, Netherlands
Cause of deathKilled in action
NationalityBritish
Education
  • Wallasey School of Art
  • Royal College of Art
Known forPainting, drawing
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