Painter, designer and draughtsman, born in Nelson, Lancashire. From the age of 13 he worked in his uncle’s cotton mill. After studying at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art and Army service in World War I, in the 1920s Greenwood became notable as the mill worker-turned-artist, famous for his still lifes and classical set-pieces. Greenwood painted still life and many self-portraits because he said that he was too poor to afford models, although his exhibition with Spink in 1925 was termed “a triumph” by the Daily Mail, and 28 works out of 30 were sold for £2,500. Greenwood showed widely with RBA of which he was a member, RA, Colnaghi’s, Beaux Arts Gallery and abroad. After Greenwood’s house was bombed in World War II he moved with his wife to the north, settling in 1967 in Ulpha, Cumberland, the year he gave up painting.