DOI Heft:
No. 388 (July 1925)
DOI Artikel:Gordon-Stables, L.: London
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0048
LONDON
"KING SUMMER." POSTER DE-
SIGN BY E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER
(By courtesy of the Underground
Railways)
Gallery had qualities much above the
average ; and the show of " Pastoral "
water-colours at Walker's Galleries in-
cluded many admirable works by artists of
distinction. In these galleries there have
also been noteworthy exhibitions of water-
colours of French and Italian subjects by
Mr. W. H. Y. Titcomb, and of flower
paintings by Miss Barbara Johnson. 0
The three " Whitsuntide " designs
carried out by E. McKnight Kauffer
for the Underground Railway and recently
released, show a logical progression on the
lines of his earlier work. Though not
necessarily intended for display in con-
junction with one another, they are,
nevertheless, connected by the same basic
principles so as to form a homogeneous
group. A similar type of symbolism is
exploited in each, and the same use is made
of flat and shaded patterns and of sharp
contrasts in tone. 000a
The tendency in these designs is towards
a greater decentralisation, though the
42
boundary is definitely observed. In each
the same calculated use is made of such
symbols as joybells, the flowers and
foliage of summer, the pierrot's booth, the
blue sky, the peaceful stream, the cottage.
These rivet the eye, and through the eye
the intellect, which is stimulated to a
further enquiry ... a feature that
accounts for the undeniable " drawing
power " of this artist's work. 0 0
Effective use is made of repetitive forms
to drive home an idea. The scalloped
trimming of King Summer's garb is re-
peated with the same formality as the
leaf shapes, the arcs of the clouds, the
swelling lines of the meadows, and the
angularities of the framing. This em-
ployment of the repetitive has much of the
effectiveness of a stereotyped verse-form,
of a song-chorus, of an opera-motif. It can
be relied upon to react inevitably upon the
mentality of the onlooker and to cause his
sensibility to respond to the appeal thus
made to it. 0 a 0 0 0
PLEASURES^BY
UNDERGROUND
" THE TOWN." POSTER DESIGN
BY E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER
(By courtesy of the Underground
Railways)
"KING SUMMER." POSTER DE-
SIGN BY E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER
(By courtesy of the Underground
Railways)
Gallery had qualities much above the
average ; and the show of " Pastoral "
water-colours at Walker's Galleries in-
cluded many admirable works by artists of
distinction. In these galleries there have
also been noteworthy exhibitions of water-
colours of French and Italian subjects by
Mr. W. H. Y. Titcomb, and of flower
paintings by Miss Barbara Johnson. 0
The three " Whitsuntide " designs
carried out by E. McKnight Kauffer
for the Underground Railway and recently
released, show a logical progression on the
lines of his earlier work. Though not
necessarily intended for display in con-
junction with one another, they are,
nevertheless, connected by the same basic
principles so as to form a homogeneous
group. A similar type of symbolism is
exploited in each, and the same use is made
of flat and shaded patterns and of sharp
contrasts in tone. 000a
The tendency in these designs is towards
a greater decentralisation, though the
42
boundary is definitely observed. In each
the same calculated use is made of such
symbols as joybells, the flowers and
foliage of summer, the pierrot's booth, the
blue sky, the peaceful stream, the cottage.
These rivet the eye, and through the eye
the intellect, which is stimulated to a
further enquiry ... a feature that
accounts for the undeniable " drawing
power " of this artist's work. 0 0
Effective use is made of repetitive forms
to drive home an idea. The scalloped
trimming of King Summer's garb is re-
peated with the same formality as the
leaf shapes, the arcs of the clouds, the
swelling lines of the meadows, and the
angularities of the framing. This em-
ployment of the repetitive has much of the
effectiveness of a stereotyped verse-form,
of a song-chorus, of an opera-motif. It can
be relied upon to react inevitably upon the
mentality of the onlooker and to cause his
sensibility to respond to the appeal thus
made to it. 0 a 0 0 0
PLEASURES^BY
UNDERGROUND
" THE TOWN." POSTER DESIGN
BY E. MCKNIGHT KAUFFER
(By courtesy of the Underground
Railways)