Reginald Mount
Reginald Mount | |
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Born | Edward Reginald Mount 4 July 1906 |
Died | 31 January 1979 | (aged 72)
Occupation | Graphic designer |
Organization | Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) |
Reginald Mount (1906–1979[1]) was a British graphic designer.
Mount was born Edward Reginald Mount,[2] on 4 July 1906. He worked as a designer for various advertising agencies in London in the 1930s, then joined the Ministry of Information at the outbreak of the Second World War.[1]
Throughout the war, Mount worked extensively with the designer
Some time after 1941, he worked on a series of posters probably intended for export to the
Mount was subsequently a founding member of the Artist Partners agency, which was established in 1950 by the agent Donovan Candler in Lower John Street, Soho, London.[7]
Mount continued to work in partnership with Eileen Evans. In the 1950s and 1960s, their 'Mount/Evans studio' became closely associated with the post-war Central Office of Information, producing designs for a wide variety of government agencies. Mount also designed the cinema poster for the British comedy film The Ladykillers.[1]
His work is in collections including those of The National Archives,[1] The Science Museum,[8] and the Victoria and Albert Museum.[2]
Mount died on 31 January 1979.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Reginald Mount". The Art of War. The National Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Cut it out or cut it down". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "The Art of War - Propaganda - Production - Salvage". The National Archives. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ ""Fritz in Nazi bomber" by Reginald Mount, 1942. Inkwash & gouache on board". The National Archives. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ ""Fritz meets his Nemesis" Reginald Mount, 1942. Ink & inkwash on board". The National Archives. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ """Fritz is awakened" by Reginald Mount, 1942. Ink, inkwash & gouache on board". The National Archives. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "History Intro & Index". Artist Partners. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "Poster relating to smoking, London, England, c. 1965-1970". Science Museum, London. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- Darracott, J. and Loftus, B., Second World War Posters, 1981 (1972), p. 47
External links
- Works in the Victoria and Albert Museum
- Cigarettes, Germs and Paper - blog post with images and biography