Wyndham Payne : Design
Regular price £14.95Wyndham Payne's career as an illustrator began in the early 1920s, gathering momentum with a series of book illustrations for renowned Charing Cross publisher Cyril Beaumont. Working in the tradition of Claud Lovat Fraser - and others - Payne nurtured a reputation for freedom of line, illustrating books, calendars, greetings cards and advertisements, often with toys - soldiers, model theatres, trains - as a subject.
Aside from creating illustrations for the Beaumont Press, Payne was also commissioned by Oxford University Press and Hodder & Stoughton, among others. For The Bodley Head, he designed covers for Agatha Christie titles, whilst his celebrated jacket for The Wind in the Willows was produced for Methuen. Wyndham Payne presents a detailed survey of the artist's work: lino cuts, woodcuts, drawings in pen, watercolours, silhouette painting on glass, and later, when his health became too poor for commercial work, models - including automata - for his children and grandchildren.
The book also includes a fulsome biography of the artist, covering his life and work.
Details
- Author: Paul Payne
- Hardcover: 96 pages | 113 colour and 4 black and white illustrations
- Date published: July 2020
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1788840651
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.1 cm
