Biography
Eric Slater (b. London 1896 - d. Seaford, East Sussex, UK 1963) spent his early years in Hampstead, moving to Sussex aged eight. He studied at the Hastings School of Art for three years then settled at Seaford, East Sussex, where he remained for the rest of his life. His output of over 30 prints, produced between 1926 and the outbreak of WWII, influenced by Japanese woodcut techniques, consisted mostly of landscape scenes taken within a ten mile radius of his home. During the 1920 -30s he exhibited in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. He died in obscurity at Seaford. An exhibition A Point of Departure was held at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne in 2012. His work is held in the V&A Museum, the British Museum and Towner Gallery.
