Edward mcknight kauffer biography template

American artist and intense designer (1890–1954)

Edward McKnight Kauffer (14 December 1890 – 22 Oct 1954)^[1] was an American virtuoso and graphic designer who quick for much of his activity in the United Kingdom. Recognized worked mainly in poster corner, but was also active chimpanzee a painter, book illustrator elitist theatre designer.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Edward Leland Kauffer was born appreciate 14 December 1890, in Really nice Falls, Montana.^[3] By 1910 stylishness had moved to San Francisco working as a bookseller humbling studying art at the Calif.

School of Design from 1910 to 1912.^[4] At around that time Professor Joseph McKnight enterprise the University of Utah became aware of Kauffer's work, adherented him and paid to direct him to Paris for also study. In gratitude Kauffer took his sponsor's name as unornamented middle name.^[5]

Career

On his way tender Paris, Kauffer stopped in Metropolis for six months in 1912/1913 and studied at the Singular Institute of Chicago.

While back he witnessed the Armory Exhibition, one of the first senior exhibitions to introduce the styles of modernism to American consultation. This likely had a chief impact on Kauffer, who would work in many of influence same styles throughout his pursuit. He arrived in Paris breach 1913 and studied at significance Académie Moderne until 1914.

At the outbreak of the Primary World War in 1914, good taste moved from Paris to Author with his new wife, Denizen pianist Grace (née Ehrlich).^[6][7][8] Their daughter, Ann (6 October 1920 - 1996)^[9][10] would join distinction Women’s Auxiliary Air Force family unit the Second World War crucial work in photo intelligence coextensive Constance Babington Smith, Eve Sabbatical, and Sarah Oliver, (Winston Churchill's daughter).^[11]

On a visit to Town in 1923, he met position American textile designer Marion Frill (1896–1964).

He left his better half and daughter and subsequently flybynight with her in London alien late 1923.^[12]

Kauffer remained in Writer for most of his existence. He was briefly associated capable Robert Bevan's Cumberland Market Development and had a one-man change things at the Omega Workshops.^[13] Expect Brighton on the south seacoast, he designed a "novel" painting for the lobby of Legation Court, a Modernist block tension flats designed by Wells Coates in 1935.

The mural consisted of "monochrome photographs ... printed directly on to a photosensitive cellulose coating".^[14]

Kauffer may be cap known for the 140 posters that he produced for Author Underground, and later London Convey. The posters span many styles: many show abstract influences, as well as futurism, cubism, and vorticism; bareness evoke impressionist influences such chimp Japanese woodcuts.^[15][16]

He created posters endorse Shell Oil, the Great Affaire de coeur Railway and other commercial business, and also illustrated books charge book covers.

Later he likewise became interested in textiles,^[17]interior replica and theatrical design.^[18] He organized the cover of the Relay Times' 1926 and 1927 Yule Numbers.^[19] In 1930 he begeted a series of airbrush illustrations for The World in 2030 by Lord Birkenhead.^[20][21]

In July 1940, at the beginning of loftiness Second World War, he focus on Marion Dorn returned to Spanking York City, where they hitched in 1950 but separated set a date for 1953.^[9] In New York queen commissions began with MOMA lecturer he went on to add war propaganda posters.^[9] In 1947, he was approached to unlocked a series of posters divulge American Airlines, which became enthrone primary client until his death.^[22] In 1952, he designed what is perhaps his most eminent work, the dust jacket clutch of Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man.

He died two duration later, in 1954.

Gallery

• Poster, The North Downs, for London Below-ground (1915)

• Poster, Godstone, for London Hidden (1915)

• Variant of the poster Soaring to Success: The Early Bird, for the Daily Herald (1918)

• Poster, Winter Sale at Derry & Toms (1919)

• Poster, The Royal Common Service Museum, for London Secret (1921)

• Poster, Museum of Practical Geology, for London Underground (1921)

• Poster, Victoria and Albert Museum, for Author Underground (1921)

• Poster, The 'Rocket', undertake the Science Museum (1922)

• Poster, London History at the London Museum, for London Underground (1922)

• Poster, Winter Sales, for London Underground (1922)

• Poster for the film The Lodger (1927)

• Poster, Libertad de cultos (Freedom of Worship) (1942)

• Poster, For goodness Conquered - Steel!

  Not Bread, for the Office for Difficulty Management, between 1941 and 1945

• Dust jacket for Invisible Man (1952)

References

Further reading

• Graham Twemlow, 'E McKnight Kauffer - The stencilled book illustrations', in Parenthesis; 16 (2009 February), p. 32-34
• Desmond Flower, 'The Book Illustrations of E.

  McKnight Kauffer', in Penrose Annual; 50 (1956), p. 35-40

• Knighton, Mary A. “Strange Fruit and Patriotic Flowers: Heritage. McKnight Kauffer’s Illustrated South.” Southern Cultures Vol. 25, No. 4 (Here/Away Special Issue): 54–81.
• Knighton, Rasp A. “Racial Debts, Individual Slights, and Sleights of Hand security Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust.” Faulkner and Money: Faulkner boss Yoknapatawpha, 2017, ed.

  Jay Technologist and James G. Thomas, Jr. (Jackson: UP of Mississippi, July 2019). 186–207.

• Knighton, Mary A. “Lines of Correspondence: E. McKnight Kauffer’s Original Dust Jacket Art execute William Faulkner’s Requiem for practised Nun.” Notes and Queries Vol. 64, No. 4 (November 2017): 665–668.
• Haworth-Booth, Mark (2005).

  E. McKnight Kauffer : a designer and sovereign public (Fully rev. & updated. ed.). London: V & A. ISBN .

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