Posters for the Orient Line : in Commercial Art : April 1937
An article on how "The Orient Line sets a new standard for cruise propaganda" in the April 1937 issue of "Commercial Art" magazine and there is this reproduction of four typical posters issued by the company.
Two are by "Botterill" and this will be, I'm sure, Beryl Antonia Botterill (1907 - 1970), the Australian born artist and designer who was certainly working on such commissions in the mid-1930s. Trained in the UK she later partnered with her brother Harold Thompson (who also worked under the name "H. Botterill") under the name of "Anton". As cartoonists they were successful and, during Harold's wartime active service in the Navy, Beryl continued to produce many cartoons for numerous publications such as Punch and Lilliput. Beryl was apparently the first female member of the Punch "Toby Club" as well as being the first elected to the Chelsea Arts Club.
The striking minimalist poster upper left is by J. de Holden Stone who is, I think, James de Holden Stone who by the mid-1940s was Art Director at Vogue, the fashion magazine, and was a teacher at the RCA.
The final poster is by Frederick Halford Coventry (1905 - 1997), a New Zealand born and Australian trained artist and designer who came to the UK in 1929. He was an important figure who undertook a wide range of work in many media, latterly in etched glass and murals, and was commissioned by an extensive client list over many decades including Shell and the GPO.
Posters for the Orient Line : in Commercial Art : April 1937
An article on how "The Orient Line sets a new standard for cruise propaganda" in the April 1937 issue of "Commercial Art" magazine and there is this reproduction of four typical posters issued by the company.
Two are by "Botterill" and this will be, I'm sure, Beryl Antonia Botterill (1907 - 1970), the Australian born artist and designer who was certainly working on such commissions in the mid-1930s. Trained in the UK she later partnered with her brother Harold Thompson (who also worked under the name "H. Botterill") under the name of "Anton". As cartoonists they were successful and, during Harold's wartime active service in the Navy, Beryl continued to produce many cartoons for numerous publications such as Punch and Lilliput. Beryl was apparently the first female member of the Punch "Toby Club" as well as being the first elected to the Chelsea Arts Club.
The striking minimalist poster upper left is by J. de Holden Stone who is, I think, James de Holden Stone who by the mid-1940s was Art Director at Vogue, the fashion magazine, and was a teacher at the RCA.
The final poster is by Frederick Halford Coventry (1905 - 1997), a New Zealand born and Australian trained artist and designer who came to the UK in 1929. He was an important figure who undertook a wide range of work in many media, latterly in etched glass and murals, and was commissioned by an extensive client list over many decades including Shell and the GPO.