Biography
Sculptor, painter, engraver and lithographer, Underwood was born in London on Christmas Day 1890. He studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic 1907-10, the RCA 1910-13 and at the Slade School 1919-20.

Underwood travelled extensively throughout the 1920's and served in the Camoflage Section of the RE during the 1914-18 war. He had his first one-man show in 1922 at the Chenil Galleries. He also exhibited with the NEAC. He was an accomplished author of several books, including 'Art for Heaven's Sake' (1934) and 'Bronzes of West Africa (1949).

His work is held in many important private and public collections throughout the world.