England
by Frank NewbouldLMS Railway Sail Boat Lowestoft Poster
Contrasting flat blues - sky and sea - form a backdrop for a pristine white sailboat against the beige town skyline.Contrasting flat blues - sky and sea - form a backdrop for a pristine white sailboat against the beige town skyline. Newbould started the landscape school of English poster design and achieved great impact through his use of flat, solid colors. He was one of the few artists working on British railway posters who was also a fine lithographer. Calling him ""one of our best-known designers,"" Austin Cooper described his works as characterized by ""simplified realism, a masterly use of harmonious color, and irreproachable sense of values, a ruthless elimination of unnecessary detail."" (Cooper, p.89)
