Английская Википедия:Dora Batty
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Dora Margaret Batty (12 January 1891 – 10 July 1966) was a British designer, working in illustration, poster design, pottery and textiles.[1][2][3]
Biography
Batty was born in Colchester, Essex,[4][5][6] the youngest of three daughters of Rev. Thomas Batty[7] and Elizabeth Cooke Hopwood Batty. Her father, a Congregational minister, was pastor for 40 years at Stockwell Congregational Chapel in Colchester.[8][9] She attended the Chelmsford School of Science and Art,[10] where she won some prizes.[11]
Batty designed posters for the Underground Group and for London Transport between 1921 and 1938, producing over 50 different designs in a variety of different styles.[12][13][14] From 1932, she taught in the School of Textiles at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.[15] In 1950, she was appointed the Head of School, apost she held until she retired in 1958.[3][16]
Batty also designed textiles for Helios and ceramics for the Poole Pottery and for Carter & Co, as well as advertisements for Mac Fisheries and K Shoes.[3][12] She also worked as a book illustrator.[3][14][15] She lived in London for many years, but died in Essex in 1966.
Selected works
- London Underground Posters[15]
- Kew Gardens, foxgloves, 1924
- From country to the heart of town, 1925
- Crocuses are out, 1927
- Come out and see it, 1927
- Daffodils are blooming, 1927
- See London's Gardens, 1927
- The Underground brings all good things nearer, 1930
- RAF Display at Colindale Station, 1932[17]
- Trooping the Colour, 1936
- Book illustration
- W.H. Davies, A Poet's Alphabet, 1925[18]
- W.H. Davies, The Song of Love, 1926
- W.H. Davies, A Poet's Calendar, 1927
- How to Buy and Sell Money The Curwen Press, 1929 (contributor)
- Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, The Care of Your Tractor, n.d. ca 1930
- The B.B.C. Year-Book, 1931, 1932 and 1933 (dustwrapper)
- Geoffrey Holme, The Children's Art Book, 1939 (contributor)
- William Cowper, John Gilpin, [1942] (Bantam Picture Book No. 17)
- The Giant without a Heart. An old Norse fairy tale, 1944
- Ceramics
- Hans Van Lemmen, Art Deco Tiles, 2012
References
External links
- Poster designs by Batty in the London Transport Museum collection.
- ↑ 1939 England and Wales Register
- ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Dora Margaret Batty, art student, age 20, 1911 England Census
- ↑ 1901 England Census
- ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 12,0 12,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Maker Profile of Dora Batty Шаблон:Webarchive, The Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection, University of the Arts London website.
- ↑ 14,0 14,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 15,0 15,1 15,2 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- Английская Википедия
- 1891 births
- 1966 deaths
- 20th-century English women artists
- Academics of the Central School of Art and Design
- Alumni of Anglia Ruskin University
- British poster artists
- British textile designers
- English graphic designers
- British women graphic designers
- Modernist designers
- People from Colchester
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