Edward Wright was a painter, typographer and graphic designer.

In the early 1950s he was a member of the Independent Group

Independent Group

The Independent Group met at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London from 1952-55. The IG consisted of painters, sculptors, architects, writers and critics who wanted to challenge prevailing modernist approaches to culture. They introduced mass culture into debates about high culture,...

, and taught at the Central School of Art with Anthony Froshaug

Anthony Froshaug

Anthony Froshaug was an English typographer and teacher, born in London to a Norwegian father and English mother.Froshaug attended Charterhouse School and studied book production and wood engraving at the Central School of Arts & Crafts from 1937 to 1939.On leaving the Central in 1939 he began to...

, Nigel Henderson

Nigel Henderson (artist)

Nigel Henderson was an artist and photographer.He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. In the early 1950s he was a member of the Independent Group, and taught at the Central School of Art with Anthony Froshaug, Edward Wright and Eduardo Paolozzi.He took part in the exhibition This is Tomorrow...

 and Eduardo Paolozzi

Eduardo Paolozzi

Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi, KBE, RA , was a Scottish sculptor and artist. He was a major figure in the international art sphere, while, working on his own interpretation and vision of the world. Paolozzi investigated how we can fit into the modern world to resemble our fragmented civilization...

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He designed the catalogue for the exhibition This Is Tomorrow

This is Tomorrow

This Is Tomorrow was a seminal art exhibition in August 1956 at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, facilitated by curator Bryan Robertson. The core of the exhibition was the ICA Independent Group.-History:...

 at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.

Edward Wright later taught at the London College of Printing, Cambridge University School of Architecture and the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

. His architectural lettering work included the foundation stone for Churchill College, Cambridge (1961), and the lettering and numbering system for New Scotland Yard’s rotating sign (1968).

External links

• http://www.optimism-modernity.org.uk/events/wright/book/biographical/index.html
• Katherine Gillieson, review of the exhibition Edward Wright: Design Work in Eye magazine