George Bissill
Poster by Bissill commissioned for the Ministry of Information during the Second World War of coal miners at work.
George William Bissill (22 June 1896[1] – 14 September 1973) was a British miner, painter, and furniture designer.[1][2] During the First World War, he was stationed in France and was gassed.
Bissill studied art at the Nottingham School of Art for a year from 1920. His first exhibition was in 1925 at the Redfern Gallery. He created posters for a number of organizations including Shell, the Post Office and London & North Eastern Railway.[3]
Bissill was known for his landscapes and figurative paintings in oil, watercolour and woodcuts.[4]
Bissill's paintings are held in a number of important public collections, including the Tate Gallery, National Museum of Northern ireland and the Manchester Art Gallery.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 "George Bissill 1896–1973". Tate Gallery. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- 1 2 15 Paintings by George Bissill at the BBC Your Paintings site
- ↑ "George Bissill". Louisekosman.com. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ↑ Windsor, Alan (1992), Handbook of modern British painting, 1900-1980, Scolar Press, p. 32, ISBN 9780859678230
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