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E McKnight Kauffer
Brian Webb
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Description for E McKnight Kauffer
Hardcover. Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) was the most celebrated graphic designer working in Britain in the twentieth century. His posters, brilliantly coloured and strikingly modern, struck London like a Cubist thunderbolt. This book contains over 150 of his illustrations, many from original artworks. Series: Design. Num Pages: 96 pages, 150col. BIC Classification: AKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) was the most celebrated graphic designer working in Britain in the twentieth century. Born in Montana, he left America before the first world war to travel throughout Europe absorbing the influences of the Cubists and the German poster artist Ludwig Hohlwein. At the onset of war he settled in London. Seeing himself as a painter, he allied himself with the London Group and the Vorticists. He worked at Roger Fry's Omega Workshops with Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and in 1915 was commissioned by Frank Pick, then the publicity manager at London Underground. This was the ... Read more
Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) was the most celebrated graphic designer working in Britain in the twentieth century. Born in Montana, he left America before the first world war to travel throughout Europe absorbing the influences of the Cubists and the German poster artist Ludwig Hohlwein. At the onset of war he settled in London. Seeing himself as a painter, he allied himself with the London Group and the Vorticists. He worked at Roger Fry's Omega Workshops with Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and in 1915 was commissioned by Frank Pick, then the publicity manager at London Underground. This was the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Antique Collectors' Club Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Design
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851495207
SKU
V9781851495207
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Ref
99-15
About Brian Webb
Brian Webb is a designer and visiting professor at the University of the Arts, London. Peyton Skipwith is an independent art consultant.
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