Английская Википедия:Edward Wright (artist)
Edward Wright (16 July 1912 – 16 October 1988) was a painter, typographer and graphic designer.[1]
Life and creative work
He was born in Liverpool in the family of Ecuadorian vice-consul (his mother was Chilean). He trained and worked a short period of time as an architect before being engaged in painting, drawing, print-making, and so called "commercial art". Beginning from 1942 he lived in London and worked in book publishing and advertising, and teaching graphic design at the Central School and at Chelsea School of Art. He refused to separate art from design. "Among his exceptional work is the lettering that he made for modern buildings, often managing both a specific design and an alphabet that could be applied more generally".[2]
In the early 1950s he was a member of the Independent Group,[3] and taught at the Central School of Art with Anthony Froshaug, Nigel Henderson and Eduardo Paolozzi.[4] He designed the catalogue for the exhibition This Is Tomorrow at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.[5] In the late 1950s he worked at Rathbone Books, essentially a book packaging firm, which had grown out of the wartime venture of Adprint.[6]
Wright later taught at the London College of Printing, Cambridge University School of Architecture and the Royal College of Art. His architectural lettering work included the foundation stone for Churchill College, Cambridge (1961), and the Flaxman lettering and numbering system for New Scotland Yard’s rotating sign (1968),[7] Wright's original concept for which was that its '‘revolving triangular shape and reflective steel lettering was symbolic of the Met’s constant vigilance in guarding our safety.'[8]
In 1963, Wright was a signatory of Ken Garland's First Things First manifesto. Edwin Taylor – friend and "companion of the road" told about Wright: Шаблон:Quote
Book about him
- Petra Cerne Oven (editor), Edward Wright: readings, writings, Шаблон:ISBN
See also
Paul Stiff and Petra Cerne Oven, 'Edward Wright – unrecognised pioneer of British graphic design', Baseline 52, edited by Hans Dieter Reichert, Bradbourne Publishing, 2007
References
External links
- Optimism-modernity.org.uk
- Katherine Gillieson, review of the exhibition Edward Wright: Design Work in Eye magazine
- ↑ Joanna Drew, ‘Preface’, Edward Wright Graphic Work and Painting, (London: Arts Council, 1985)
- ↑ Edward Wright Retrieved on 27 Mar 2018
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Edward Wright, ‘The Elm Tree’, Edward Wright Graphic Work and Painting, (London: Arts Council, 1985)
- ↑ Theo Crosby, ‘The Painter as Designer’, Edward Wright Graphic Work and Painting, (London: Arts Council, 1985)
- ↑ Letters in the city Retrieved on 27 Mar 2018
- ↑ Robin Kinross, 'Letters in the city: Eye reassesses the legacy of Edward Wright: designer, teacher, artist and “culture-carrier”', Eye (magazine), Autumn 1993, http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/letters-in-the-city
- ↑ 'New Scotland Yard's iconic revolving sign has moved', http://content.met.police.uk/News/New-Scotland-Yards-iconic-revolving-sign-has-moved/1400009560249/1257246741786 Шаблон:Webarchive
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