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Description: | This poster was commissioned by the Underground Electric Railways Company in 1923. It promotes travel to the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The annual event featured among London's most important sporting occasions and, in the days before television, attracted huge crowds.
Charles Paine's dynamic composition and bold use of flat colour creates a striking poster. The modern style suggests the influence of European avant-garde art.
Panel posters like this were displayed inside Underground carriages on the glass draught screens alongside the sliding doors.
Paine studied at Salford College of Art and the Royal College of Art. He produced graphic designs for a range of companies and designed over 20 posters for the London Underground between 1920 and 1929. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Environment Leisure Transport Art and Design | Temporal: | 1923 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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