Geoffrey Clement Cowles 1894-1981

Geoffrey Cowles (also known as Clement Cowles) was born in Lambourne, Berkshire England in 1894 and was active as a painter and commercial artist in the UK from c.1915 to the early 1970s. In c.1930 he designed a poster for BP Ethyl entitled ‘Stop Knocking Use BP Ethyl’. Between 1916 and 1979 Cowles exhibited at Chenil Gallery, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, the New English Art Club, and the Royal Academy in London.