Allan Gwynne-Jones studied at the Slade 1914-1922 under William Rothenstein and others and was appointed Professor of Painting at the R.C.A. in 1923-1930. He had his first one-man show in 1921 and became a Senior Lecturer at the Slade and later Trustee at the Tate Gallery 1939-1946. His etchings showed sympathy with the XXI Gallery artists and followers of the Samuel Palmer tradition.