Sir Frank William Brangwyn was born to British parents in 19th Century Bruges, Belgium. Brangwyn moved to London as a child and he lived in the capital for most of his life until moving to Ditchling, where he died in 1956.

Brangwyn was a painter, watercolourist, printmaker, illustrator, and designer. As well as paintings and drawings, he produced designs for stained glass, furniture, ceramics, table glassware, buildings and interiors. He was also a lithographer, woodcutter and book illustrator.