Showing posts with label Edward Bawden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edward Bawden. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 March 2009

The Stage of London Life


This is Edward Bawden's poster for Hyde Park, done in 1925. The original artwork (in watercolour) is in an excellent little exhibtion of London Transport posters at the London Transport Museum (the only drawback to which is that you have to pay for the entire London Transport Museum 'experience' in order to see the exhibition - oh and it ends on the last day of the month). Also on display is this lovely watercolour of Greenwich observatory by Eric Ravilious, which was rejected by LT on the grounds that, nice painting though it was, it wasn't going to get more people going to the observatory - which seems harsh...

Monday, 9 March 2009

Bawden. Enjoy

Today is Edward Bawden's birthday (he'd be 106 if he were still with us) - a date that cannot go unmarked here at the illustrated blog. There's something about Bawden's work that always lifts the heart and leaves a smile on the face - no darkness about him, even in his war pictures. Here's a fine site with more images and links to Bawden heaven. Enjoy.