REX WHISTLER POSTERS

Rex Whistler excelled in many fields of the arts - book illustrator, theatre designer, muralist, portrait painter, caricaturist etc. He also designed several posters. This is a preliminary list. (The London Transport posters are reproduced with kind permission. Their site is at http://www.ltmcollection.org/) My thanks also to Keith Fletcher & Rachel Campbell for supplying the Age of Walnut & Four Georges images respectively.

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1. LONDON MUSEUM 1928. 101.5 x 63.5cms. London Transport. Polychromatic.

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2. THE TATE GALLERY 1928. London Transport. 101.5 x 63.5cms. Polychromatic.







3. THE FOUR GEORGES 1930. 101 x 63cms. Polychromatic.






4. AGE OF WALNUT 1932. 76 x 51cms. Printed in yellow, brown, orange & red.






5. VALE OF AYLESBURY 1933. 76 x 114cms. Shell Lorry Bill. Polychromatic.






6. ENGLISH WOMEN'S CLOTHING 1934. 76 x 51cms. Printed in green, black & red.

7. REUNION IN VIENNA 1934. Not seen. It is possible that the design used was the same as that for the souvenir programme (shown below).

8. VICTORIA REGINA 1935. Not seen. This was first staged in New York, as it was deemed unshowable in London. The death of George V changed that, and it was performed in London in 1937.

9. PRIDE and PREJUDICE 1936. St James's Theatre. 51 x 32cms. Polychromatic.

10. VICTORIA REGINA 1937. 76 x 51cms. Not seen. This was staged in London. I do not know if the same design was used as in the New York production. It is possible that the design of the souvenir booklet (shown below) was used as a poster.

The poster below has come to light. 223 x 102cms. Printed in brown. The size of the small poster does not correlate with this, so I will stick with my suggestion above for the smaller poster for the time being.

JOHN MINTON POSTERS

John Minton was one of the most popular painters & book illustrators of the 1940's & 1950's. He also did a great deal of commercial work, including some posters. The following are the ones I know about (The London Transport posters are repoduced with kind permission. Their site is at http://www.ltmcollection.org/)




1. THE LOVES OF JOANNA GODDEN 1947. Ealing Studios. 76 x 101cms. Polychromatic. There are several variations of this poster, both in orientation & content. One such vertical variant shows a photograph of Googie Withers against a Minton landscape.




2. EUREKA STOCKADE 1949. Ealing Studios. 76 x 101cms. Polychromatic. Again there were variants, one of which is shown below. Although it contains the same elements, it has obviously been re-drawn for the different format, and the colours were changed.

3. FLY BEA TO SPAIN c.1950. 100 x 62cm. Polychromatic. Much in the style of Time Was Away, published in 1948 (picture courtesy Henry Sotheran Ltd)




4. WHERE NO VULTURES FLY 1951. Ealing Studios. 76 x 101cms. Polychromatic. Again I believe there were vertical variants.




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5. LONDON'S RIVER 1951. London Transport. 101.5 x 63.5cms. Polychromatic. A 'pair poster', with one poster showing the image and the other the text.





6. CORRECT ADDRESS - EILEAN DONAN CASTLE 1957. GPO. 38 x 25cms. Polychromatic.




7. CORRECT ADDRESS - GREENWICH 1958. GPO. 76 x 51cms. Polychromatic. Commissioned in 1957, the year of Minton's death, and judging from the printer's code, published posthumously.





8. CORRECT ADDRESS - BLANDFORD FORUM 1958. GPO. 73.5 x 91.5cms. Polychromatic. Commissioned in 1957, the year of Minton's death, and judging from the printer's code, published posthumously.

PAUL NASH POSTERS

Paul Nash designed a number of posters for a variety of clients throughout his career. The following are the ones I have come across. I have not included the famous Leicester Galleries poster of 1918, as this simply reproduces his lithograph Void of War. The London Transport posters are repoduced with kind permission. Their site is at http://www.ltmcollection.org/

1. DRAWINGS BY PAUL & JOHN NASH 1913. Dorien Leigh Gallery. 55.3 x 41.9cms. Colours unknown.

Note: It looks as though Paul did the landscape elements and John the figures.

2. FRIDAY CLUB date unknown, probably pre-1920. Alpine Club Galleries. 76 x 51cms. Printed in black.






3. FRIDAY CLUB Date unknown, probably pre-1920. Mansard Gallery. 76 x 51cms. Printed in green & black.






4. RYE MARSHES 1932. You Can Be Sure of Shell series. 76 x 115cms. Polychromatic.

5. BUY HOME PRODUCE Date unknown, probably 1931 (it was illustrated in that year in Commercial Art). Empire Marketing Board. 54 x 79cms. Polychromatic. Part of a triptych, with text panels to either side.






6. FOOTBALLERS PREFER SHELL 1935. You Can Be Sure of Shell series. 76 x 115cms. Printed in black, brown & blue.

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7. BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR 1935. London Transport. 25.5 x 33cms. Printed in blue & black.

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8. COME OUT TO LIVE 1936. London Transport. 101.6 x 63.5cms. Polychromatic.






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9. COME IN TO PLAY 1936. London Transport. 101.6 x 63.5cms. Polychromatic.

10. KIMMERIDGE FOLLY 1937. You Can Be Sure of Shell series. 76 x 115cms. Polychromatic.

EDMUND DULAC POSTERS

Edmund Dulac was of course famous for his book illustrations, but he did design a few posters. The following are the ones I know about:

1. MACBETH 1911. His Majesty's Theatre. Polychromatic. 76 x 50cms. The original watercolour is 84 x 63cms.


2. THE WILLOW TREE 1917. Globe Theatre. 51x 31.5cms. Polychromatic.





3. CYRANO DE BERGERAC 1919. 76 x 51cms. Polychromatic. Garrick Theatre (image shown has Theatre Royal strip pasted over the original Garrick Theatre title).