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Frank Parkinson Newbould (24 September 1887 – 24 December 1951) was an English poster artist, known for his travel posters and Second World War posters for the War Office as assistant to Abram Games.

Early life

He was born in Bradford, to John Newbould (1856–1944), chemist, from Pateley Bridge, and Sara Ellen, née Robinson (1856–1941), also from Bradford. He was their only child. He was educated at Bradford College of Art and Camberwell School of Art.

Career

He worked mostly in London from the interwar period specialising in travel posters. His clients included the Empire Marketing Board; London Transport and its predecessors; the London & North Eastern, Great Western and London, Midland and Scottish Railways, and the Orient and Cunard Lines.

In 1942 he joined the War Office as assistant to Abram Games, where he produced eleven posters, including a series Your Britain, Fight for it Now.

His work was characterised by bold shapes and colours.

Personal life

In 1919, Newbould married Marion Jane Thomson. He died in London on 24 December 1951.

Further reading

• Sawkins, Harold (1935). "Famous artists – Frank Newbould". The Artist. 8: 154–7.
• Howell, Brian. 1980. The poster and its development between 1870 and 1945, concentrating on Frank Newbould (1887–1951). Bath: Bath Academy of Art.
• Rennie, Paul. 2014. 'Newbould, Frank Parkinson (1887–1951)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Accessed Nov 2017

References

1. ^ "Frank Newbould, 1887–1951". London Transport Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
2. Joseph Darracott; Belinda Loftus; Imperial War Museum (Great Britain) (1972). Second World War posters. Imperial War Museum. p. 46. ISBN 9780901627063.
3. "Frank Newbould (1887–1951)". British Council. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

External links

• Science & Society Picture Library
• London Transport Museum Archived 6 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• www.ww2poster.co.uk
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