George Bissill
| George Bissill | |
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| Born |
22 June, 1896 Fairford |
| Died | 14 September, 1973 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Education | Nottingham School of Art |
George William Bissill (22 June 1896[1] – 14 September 1973) was a British miner, painter, and furniture designer.[1][2]
Life
Poster by Bissill commissioned for the Ministry of Information during the Second World War of coal miners at work.
During the First World War, he was stationed in France and was gassed.
Bissill studied art at the Nottingham School of Art for a year from 1920. His first exhibition was in 1925 at the Redfern Gallery. He created posters for a number of organizations including Shell, the Post Office and London & North Eastern Railway.[3]
Bissill was known for his landscapes and figurative paintings in oil, watercolour and woodcuts.[4]
Bissill's paintings are held in a number of important public collections, including the Tate Gallery, National Museum of Northern ireland and the Manchester Art Gallery.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 "George Bissill 1896–1973". Tate Gallery. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- 1 2 15 paintings by or after George Bissill at the Art UK site
- ↑ "George Bissill". Louisekosman.com. Retrieved 2012-06-24. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Windsor, Alan (1992), Handbook of modern British painting, 1900-1980, Scolar Press, p. 32, ISBN 9780859678230
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- Christies zoomable photograph of "Nude Miner" in watercolour and pastel, sold in 2009.
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