In 1921, while employed at Guthrie & Wells in Glasgow as Director of the Art Department, Paine received his first important commission, from Frank Pick to design advertising posters for the London Underground. (At that time the Underground Electric Railways Company of London. The London Transport Passenger Board was formed in 1933) It may […] via …
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The greatest record sleeves – as chosen by the designers What’s the best-designed album sleeve? The Beatles’ White Album or Kraftwerk’s Autobahn? Miles Davis’s Tutu or Pixies’ Doolittle? Designers of modern album covers including Peter Saville, Vaughan Oliver and more pick their favourites Hearts on sleeves. View more sharing options Shares 14k Comments 1,208 Interviews …
Also in the Swann sale were a bunch of 1950s posters by Bern Hill I would say that these are very rare. Railway artists like Terrence Cueno have often been lauded for their take on perspective. This guy takes it to a whole new level
Wow : another Swann auction has just gone by and I didn’t even notice ! All this globe trotting hasn’t helped : what is a man to do? As far as British posters : there were a number for shipping lines including a Titanic and a White Star that went well This much copied Liverpool …
Titanic poster sells for £7,400 130130The poster dating from 1911 was sold by a New York auction house By Dick Barton October 28 2017 A rare poster advertising transatlantic trips on the ill-fated Titanic and her sister ship, the Olympic, has sold for £7,400 at auction. The advert, featuring the words ‘White Star Line, RMS Olympic …
From the sun-baked beaches of Sri Lanka to the Saigon watering hole adored by Graham Greene, the world’s greatest hotels had to have the world’s greatest luggage labels – and AbeBooks has now brought together the most beautiful examples Wednesday 26 July 2017 06.59 BSTLast modified on Thursday 27 July 2017 19.06 BST Grand Hotel Paris, France This famous hotel was …
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The swish of a curtain, the smell of a cigar, red faced colonels face flushed complaining about their gout. Hats : trilby’s school caps, governesses in tweed. The scene from an Agatha Christie novel or your typical Imperial Airways pre war crowd? For British aviation posters, Imperial captures the imagination like no other brand Their …
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