The Origins of Rugby Football (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 13" x 6" (335mm x 150mm)
Date: 1971
Code: HookRugbyLL
This is the unique original Gouache painting by Richard Hook.
The Eternal Sportsman: What William Did... William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it... and invented rugby.
Original artwork from Look and Learn no. 481 (3 April 1971).
- Artist BiographyRichard Hook (1938 - January 2010; UK)
Richard Hook was born in 1938 and trained at Reigate College of Art. After national service with 1st Bn, Queen's Royal Regiment, he became art editor of the much-praised magazine Finding Out during the 1960s.
He then went on to work as a freelance illustrator, earning an international reputation for his deep knowledge of Native American material culture.
He provided many illustrations, predominantly scenes from British history and daily life, for Look and Learn magazine during the 1960s and 1970s and illustrated more than 50 titles for Osprey, contributing to these books for over 30 years. Sadly Richard passed away in January 2010.