Lot 46
Charles Paine (1895-1967)
Boat Race
£8,190
Auction: 26 April 2023 from 18:00 BST
Description
lithographic poster, 1921, condition B+; not backed
Dimensions
40 x 25 in. (102 x 64 cm.)
Footnote
Charles Paine (1895-1967) was a versatile and prolific designer, who drew on his training in stained glass to create bold, structured and highly stylised posters for a variety of companies. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1919, Paine left London to work for the Applied Art Department of Edinburgh College of Art. Paine’s immediate superior was the distinguished printmaker John Platt (1886-1967) and they had a marked influence on each other’s work. It is thought that Platt introduced him to Frank Pick at the London Underground for whom he was to design 31 posters.
