Joy Division
The Norfolk Broads are depicted as a peaceful, safe idyll in this 1937 publicity poster for the LNER and LMS railway companies.
Artist Arthur Cadwgan Michael (1881-1965) produced this scene. A Swansea-born, Merthyr Tydfil-raised painter and illustrator, he is known largely for his early black & white work, pictures of the First World War, which appeared in the Illustrated London News, along with book illustrations. After attending evening art classes at Penydarren School, Merthyr Tydfil, Michael went to the Government School of Science and Art, Swansea. While living in Paris, between 1899 and 1903, his illustrations featured in leading continental newspapers. Returning to London, he illustrated for Harmsworth's London Magazine before in 1906 exhibiting at the Royal Academy. Well-known periodicals for which he illustrated include The Pall Mall, The Strand Magazine and the Windsor Magazine. He later travelled in Spain, writing about his experiences, before circa 1928 settling on Guernsey, where, nearly 40 years later, he died. Guernsey Museums still have some of Michael's work.
Joy Division
The Norfolk Broads are depicted as a peaceful, safe idyll in this 1937 publicity poster for the LNER and LMS railway companies.
Artist Arthur Cadwgan Michael (1881-1965) produced this scene. A Swansea-born, Merthyr Tydfil-raised painter and illustrator, he is known largely for his early black & white work, pictures of the First World War, which appeared in the Illustrated London News, along with book illustrations. After attending evening art classes at Penydarren School, Merthyr Tydfil, Michael went to the Government School of Science and Art, Swansea. While living in Paris, between 1899 and 1903, his illustrations featured in leading continental newspapers. Returning to London, he illustrated for Harmsworth's London Magazine before in 1906 exhibiting at the Royal Academy. Well-known periodicals for which he illustrated include The Pall Mall, The Strand Magazine and the Windsor Magazine. He later travelled in Spain, writing about his experiences, before circa 1928 settling on Guernsey, where, nearly 40 years later, he died. Guernsey Museums still have some of Michael's work.