Joseph Bato

Joseph Bato

1888 - 1966

Remarks: Details about archive material related to Joseph Bato (as an "unofficial" war artist) held by the Imperial War Museum, London: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1050000991
Well-known landscape painter and lithographer. Studied under Matisse in Paris. Charcoal drawings became known through the book "Defiant City" (1942). Worked as an art director and costume designer on films / assistant art director to Alexander Korda and Vincent Korda.