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Dorrit Dekk (Dorothy Karoline Epstein), graphic designer, printmaker and painter, born 18 May 1917; died 29 December 2014

As a female graphic designer in the 20th century, Dorrit Dekk, who has died aged 97, was a rarity. She began her career in the postwar years at the government’s Central Office of Information, where her public information posters conveyed such messages as “Coughs and sneezes spread diseases” or “Bones are still needed to make glue …” Then, in 1949, she set up on her own as a freelancer, and became known as the “travel queen”, designing many posters for Air France and beginning a long professional relationship with the P&O shipping line. (The Guardian)

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Kathleen Stenning. Designed posters for the Underground Group 1925

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Daphne Padden was born on 21st May 1927, and was the daughter of Percy Padden ARCA who was both a fine artist and a poster designer himself. She studied at Epsom & Ewell School of Art, receiving the National Diploma in Design for painting.

As a freelance graphic designer, she produced posters & publicity for the British Transport Commission, Post Office Savings Bank, ROSPA, P&O Orient Lines, Biriths European Airways & packaging designs for Unilever & Marks & Spencer. She died on 21 September 2009.

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Quad Royal - British post war posters & graphics

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Lend a Hand on the Land at a Farming Holiday Camp by Eileen Evans

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Motorshow, by Dorothy Paton, 1929

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London’s Offer, by George Him and Jan Le Witt, 1938

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Tickets; machines, by Mary Le Bon, 1946

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Summer sales quickly reached, by Mary Koop, 1925

Mary Koop. Designed posters for the Underground Group 1925

Educated; Croydon School of Art;

Educated; London School of Art;

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Trooping the Colour, by Bernard Leslie Kearley and Kate M Burrell, 1924

Bernard Leslie Kearley. Designed posters for London Transport 1924-1927

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Return journey at single fare, by Margaret Calkin James, 1929

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For School or Pleasure Outings, by Miss Holdsworth, 1922

Miss Holdsworth (also known by the name Violet M Holdsworth). Designed posters and illustrations for the Underground Group 1915-1922

Miss Holdsworth was also known by the name Holdsworth.

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Next Saturday's Cup Tie, by Aubrey Lindsay Hammond, 1933

Aubrey Lindsay Hammond, born 1894 in Folkestone, Kent, died 1940. Designed posters for the Underground Group and London Transport 1925-1934

Educated; Byam Shaw School of Art;

Educated; The Academie Julian in Paris;

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Shop between 10 and 4, by Fletcher, 1927

Fletcher (also known by the name Annie Gertrude Fletcher), born in Richmond, Surrey. Designed posters for the Underground Group 1926-1927

Educated; The Slade School of Fine Art;

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River, heron, by Clifford Ellis and Rosemary Ellis, 1933

Rosemary Ellis (also known by the name Dorothy Rosemary Ellis), born 1910, died 1998. Designed posters for London Transport 1933-1939

Rosemary Ellis was also known by the name Dorothy Rosemary Collinson,.

Biography:

Rosemary Ellis was a graphic artist and illustrator. She worked in collaboration with her husband, Clifford Ellis, whom she married in 1931. Together they designed posters for Shell, The Empire Marketing Board and the General Post Office, as well as London Transport. Between 1945 and 1982 they also designed nearly 100 book jackets for the New Naturalist Series, published by Collins. From the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s they worked for Bath Academy of Art, which was established for the education of art teachers.

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Help the conductor, by Toni del Renzio, 1945

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Cheap fares for schools and pleasure parties, by Kate M Burrell, 1928

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Wimbledon Championships, by Phyllis Bray, 1938

Phyllis Bray, born 1911 in Norwood, London, died 1991. Designed poster for London Transport 1938

Biography:

Phyllis Bray was a gifted colourist. As a child she showed a considerable interest and ability in art. She won a scholarship to the Slade, where she studied under Henry Tonks, and became a skilled and versatile painter. She was a member of the East London Group and in 1933, at the young age of 22, was elected a member of the London Group. For over 40 years she collaborated with Hans Feibusch on mural work in churches around Britain. She also produced publicity material for Shell, John Lewis Partnership and London Transport. Bray exhibited at the Royal Academy and Leicester Galleries and had a solo show at the Drian Gallery in 1975.