Mr Bs Emporium of Reading Delights: Edward Bawden's London

This is a wonderful selection of work from one of my favourite artists featuring the nation’s capital, from his early student days almost up to his death. His style is fabulously timeless or maybe it’s just that the fifties look has come so firmly back in vogue and he had such a hand in shaping that look. Whether in his advertising work or his illustrations, London looks wonderful and I wish that I had been around to enjoy his work at the Festival of Britain.
Ed Scotland (Wed 9th Nov 2011)

Publisher synopsis: This beautiful book, with almost 200 striking images, shows London as represented by Edward Bawden (1903-1989) in prints, posters, drawings, paintings, murals and advertising material produced during his long career. The wide range of illustrations includes early work executed whilst a student in the early 1920s; the Morley College murals carried out in partnership with Eric Ravilious; advertising work for London Transport, Fortnum & Mason, Twinings Teas, Shell, Westminster Bank; the mural for the Lion & Unicorn Pavilion at the1951 Festival of Britain; and a varied selection of his finest series of linocuts - including London Monuments and London Markets.

ISBN: 9781851776559

Pub. Date: 3rd Oct 2011

Pages: 160

Height: 270mm

Width: 216mm

Spine: 23mm

Weight: 998gms