Tom purvis biography
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Tom Purvis
British artist
For the Australian rules footballer, see Tom Purvis (footballer).
Tom Purvis (12 June &#;&#; 27 August ) was a British painter and commercial poster artist. His work was part of the art competitions at the Summer Olympics and the Summer Olympics.[1]
Early life
[edit]Purvis was born in Bristol,[2] the son of sailor and marine artist T G Purvis.[3] He studied at Camberwell School of Art and worked for six years at the advertising firm of Mather & Crowther before becoming a freelance designer.[4] Purvis developed a bold, two-dimensional style using large blocks of vivid flat colour and eliminating detail. He fought in the First World War in the Artists Rifles[5]
London and North Eastern Railway
[edit]From to Purvis worked for the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER)[6] under the direction of Advertising Manager William Teasdale and then his successor Charles Dandridge, wh
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Tom Purvis was born in Bristol and studied at Camberwell School of Art. He spent six years with the advertising firm Mather and Crowther, and before working freelance whilst studying lithography at the Avenue Press. He had a unique gift for solving complicated visual problems bygd producing a simple design in sharp bright colours and basic shapes. Purvis worked for the LNER (London and North East Railway) from and his most accomplished work for them comprised six posters collectively titled East Coast Joys detailing the various pastimes that could be enjoyed at the seaside without referring to any particular locality or town. The posters formed a continuous scene when shown tillsammans. His pared down designs for the men’s tailor, Austin Reed, and Canadian Pacific shipping line caught the glamour and elegance of the s.
He was one of the first eleven Royal Designers for Industry in During the Second World War he was commissioned as a war artist by the Ministry of Supply and for c
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If I had my research time again I would spend it finding about what is meant/was meant by ‘Commercial Art” in the United Kingdom, its infrastructure, its development, its rules and regulations and opportunities. How did it look to the curriculum designers at the art schools, and how did the art schools prepare students for a career in the Graphic Arts. How did the main agencies come into being? What was the role of the Advertising Manager/ Art Director? How did the manufacturing or service company brief the agencies, and how were staff artists deployed in conjunction with freelance forces? What was the influence of Continental Europe in setting agendas and styles? Is there something that can be called British Commercial Art? What role did magazines play in the dissemination of information, techniques and attitudes? When were the major parent organisations of the profession set up and why?
So many people who generated imagery of high visibility and aesthetic excell