onto allied ships. Known as Dazzle ships, these vessels were not camouflaged to become invisible, but instead used ideas derived from Vorticism and Cubism to confuse enemy U-boats trying to pinpoint the direction and speed of travel. Dazzle camouflage was invented and designed by Norman Wilkinson. Always a fan of modern ships, Wadsworth was to use nautical themes in his art for the rest of his career. The return to order Heralded by the major painting Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool, 1919, Wadsworth moved away from the avant-garde in the 1920s, and adopted a more realistic style. Wadsworth was a member of Unit One. Towards the end of his life his work became increasingly strange and surreal, although Wadsworth never had any formal links with the official Surrealist movement. Later life Wadsworth died in 1949, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery. Influences The graphic designer Peter Saville had seen Wadsworth's painting Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool and was struck by the image. After suggesting the idea and title to Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Saville carried the theme over to the sleeve design of their album Dazzle Ships (1983). References Further reading Black, Jonathan. (2006) Edward Wadsworth. I.B. Tauris. Greenwood, Jeremy. (2002) The Graphic Work of Edward Wadsworth. Wood Lea Press. Edward Wadsworth, in Behrens, Roy R., (2009) Camoupedia: A Compendium of Research on Art, Architecture and Camouflage. Bobolink Books. LIT: Exhibition catalogue (1990) Camden Arts Centre. Memorial Exhibition Catalogue, (1951) Tate Gallery. Lewison, Jeremy (editor). (1990) A Genius of Industrial England; Edward Wadsworth 1889–1949. The Arkwright Arts Trust. Wadsworth, Barbara. (1989) Edward Wadsworth. A Painter's Life. Michael Russell Publishing. External links Works by Wadsworth at the Tate Gallery Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections Vorticists 20th-century English painters English male painters 1889 births 1949 deaths People educated at Fettes College Technical University of Munich alumni Burials at Brompton Cemetery Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art People from Cleckheaton Camoufleurs Associates of the Royal Academy Group X 20th-century English male artists