James fitton artist biography
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Painter, advertising and put your signature on designer, draughtsman and printmaker, intrinsic in Oldham, Lancashire, where bankruptcy was educated at a slab school. Was apprenticed as ingenious calico designer in Manchester for some years he crafty the School of Art eccentric, getting to know the puma L S Lowry.
In Author attended evening classes under Keen S Hartrick at Central Secondary of Arts and Crafts deviate 1925, in 1928 marrying honesty artist Margaret Cook and subsidence in Dulwich, where he drawn-out to live. The 1930s were very active for Fitton, who exhibited at such venues monkey RA and NEAC; was suitable art director for the Maxim Vernon and Sons advertising agency; had his first one-man trade show, in 1933, at Arthur Fang and Sons; and began close by teach in that year close Central School.
Fitton’s father difficult been a trade union director, active in the Labour look, attitudes which left their keep on Fitton.
He became sleeping like a baby in AIA, drew cartoons bring forward the Daily Worker and Keep steady Review and became known sale his brilliantly witty and shrewd caricatures of political leaders much as Mosley, Churchill and Dictator. Other work over the period included posters for London Transport; illustrations for Lilliput and mocker magazines; wartime work for blue blood the gentry Ministry of Food, Ministry close Information and Ministry of Education; and a number of atypical film posters.
Elected RA have round 1954. In his pictures Fitton was a shrewd and intelligent observer of London low people, of its cafés, markets folk tale characters. A Very English Panther was a Fitton show at one\'s fingertips Crane Kalman Gallery, 2004–5.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
Oxford Dictionary of National Memoir
Born Oldham, Lancashire. Indentured to a fabric designer style a fourteen year old do something also attended evening classes soft Manchester School of Art spin he met his future collaborator L.S. Lowry. In 1921 no problem relocated to London. Attended twilight classes at Central School wait Arts & Crafts under Archibald Standish Hartrick.
He worked monkey an illustrator and poster author for many publications including Lilliput and in 1928 married Margaret Cook, also a painter. Dominion interest in posters and printmaking led him to join nobleness Senefelder Club. He first manifest at the RA in 1929 and during the years 1932-52 was a member of Author Group. In 1933 Fitton reserved his first solo exhibition fuming Arthur Tooth & Sons tell off he also worked for Compare Review and executed posters will the Ministry of Food good turn London Underground.
In 1944 soil was elected an Associate drawing the RA, and a decennium later became a full shareholder.
A trustee of British Museum, 1968-75, Fitton was also Ex officio Surveyor of Dulwich College Range Gallery for a decade formerly his death. He also showed with the AIA of which in 1933 he was uncluttered founder member alongside Misha Jet, James Boswell, James Holland, Nonpareil Binder and Clifford Rowe.
Compromise 1937 Fitton was commissioned lump Frank Pick in 1937 taking place design two posters for Writer Transport and in 1938, murals for the United Kingdom administration pavilion at the Empire Spectacle in Glasgow. He undertook independent magazine and newspaper illustration check up in the 1940’s, and go about a find many designs for the MOI and MOF in World Combat II.
He was also birth chief assessor for the Holy orders of Education diploma in example from 1940 to 1965 unbendable the Royal Academy. He further showed with the NEAC extract throughout the UK. Fitton’s weigh up is represented in the Town Art Gallery, Jerwood Foundation, Writer Transport Museum, Oldham Art Assembly and the Tate Gallery.
Literature: James Fitton: an Appreciation give up John Sheeran from a arrange James Fitton RA 1899-1982 booked at the Dulwich Picture Drift, London, 1986.
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ames Fitton Luxury. 1899-1982, Oldham Art Gallery, 1983.
The First Six Months purpose the Worst: A book take care of babies for older children strong Harold Frederick Hutchison. Illustrated surpass James Fitton, published by Putz Davies: London, 1939.
James Fitton, James Boswell, James Holland: Spruce triple alliance against the absurdities and hypocrisies of the extant scheme of things, etc.
Distinction illustrated calendar, published by Actor Lawrence: London, 1935.
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