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Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)
'Fougasse', Jump for Them - Official Rugby Union Publications Poster

circa 1950

$460.62
£340
€397.43
CA$635.72
A$712.15
CHF 370.41
MX$8,686.78
NOK 4,715.78
SEK 4,446.64
DKK 2,966.30

About the Item

To see our other original vintage public information posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poster you want. Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965) Jump for Them Lithographic poster 30 x 22 cm Fougasse was a British cartoonist. He was art editor of Punch between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently editor until 1953. He is best known for his ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ series of posters, and the other posters for the Ministry of Information and London Transport. As the Second World War progressed, the Ministry of Information’s poster campaign had become less and less effective. There were posters instructing the population to save old clothes for rags, turn off the lights, save food, dig for victory, watch out for spies, and keep calm and carry on. With this instruction overload, the population had ceased paying attention to the posters. Fougasse noticed this, and offered his services unpaid to the Ministry of Information, with a view to bringing a touch of humour to the posters. His amusing designs with pithy captions, reminiscent of newspaper cartoons, helped to get the Ministry's messages across in a novel way. Fougasse's distinctive poster style, with the red border- as seen in this poster-was subsequently adopted by other Ministry artists. In this poster, taken from The Art of Refereeing, Fougasse depicts a man hurling a book in the direction of a scrum, drawing an intriguing analogy between sports and literary culture.
  • Creator:
    Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird) (1887 - 1965, British)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1950
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 8.67 in (22 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Generally very good.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU795315472302

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