Hugo Laubi

Hugo Laubi, Art Deco poster, Cornetto, pipe smoking 1930s advertising poster

1932

These wonderful lithographs from the imagination of the Glasgow artist Robert Colquhoun are full of colour and dynamism. Robert Colquhoun (1914-1962) Poems of Sleep and dream Three ...

A wonderful image by one of the great modern masters of English art, depicting a whimsical pastiche of Kew Gardens. Edward Bawden (1903-1989) Kew Gardens Signed, titled and numbered 36/40 Engraving 17 x 10.5 cm Edward Bawden was a watercolourist, illustrator, designer, printmaker and teacher, born in Braintree, Essex, the county in which he spent much of his life, finally living in Saffron Walden. Studied at Cambridge School of Art from 1919, then at Royal College of Art, 1922-5, on a scholarship, in the design school being taught by Paul Nash. Soon began on commercial work for Poole Pottery and Curwen Press, then in 1928-9 with Eric Ravilious and Charles Mahoney did decorations for Morley College. Bawden went on studying engraving and bookbinding at Central School Arts and Crafts after leaving the Royal College and himself taught there, the Royal Academy Schools and Goldsmiths' College School of Art. First one-man show at Zwemmer Gallery in 1934, after which he showed extensively including RA, being elected RA in 1956. Work poured from Bawden's studio in the 1930s, for companies such as Shell-Mex; book illustrations such as Good Food, 1932, and The Week-end Book, 1939; and a mass of often ephemeral work which evinced a wonderful wit, economy and aptness to subject. Official War Artist in World War II, much of his output being in the Imperial War Museum. Tate Gallery and many other public collections hold his work. Bawden did decorations for the SS Orcades and Oronsay and for the Unicorn Pavilion for the Festival of Britain of 1951. His son was the artist Richard Bawden...

An incredibly rare image of the very early days of surfing in Hawaii dating to around 1921. The striking contrasts and intricate technique immediately bring to mind Japanese woodblock art, in particular Katsushika Hokusai' s The Great Wave - such images had a profound influence on the artist's work. In very good condition with strong colour, ready to hang on the wall. Charles William Bartlett...

Robert Henry Lewis (mid 20th Century) "Sofie: : A sleeping cat Signed, numbered 4/5 and dated "(19)64" beneath in image in pencil Titled, "Sofie" Etching 5.5 x 6.5 inches (image) 14....

A mid-century, stone lithograph titled 'Sylvia' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950), created in 1943 and with certification of authenticity stam...

Fred Astaire: Judy Garland and Ann Miller in "Easter Parade" black dress by Virginia Garland (American). Signed “Virginia Fisher AP” in pencil lower ri...

A mid-century, stone lithograph titled 'Greta and Grace' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950), created in 1943 and with certification of ...

A mid-century, stone lithograph titled 'Angel and Harmony' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950), created in 1943 and with certification o...