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Tom Eckersley

️Paul and Karen Rennie

tom eckersley RDI OBE 1914 - 1996

BR poster 1961

Tom studied commercial art at Salford School of

Art. During the 1930's he was amongst the

foremost poster artists of the period, producing

much work for Shell-Mex and London Transport. His

relationship with London Transport lasted over 50

years.

During WW2 he drew maps for the RAF and after the

war continued to design posters, in 1954 he joined

the teaching staff at the London College of

Printing, later to become Head of Department. He

helped to establish the first undergraduate courses

in graphic design in Britain. Tom Eckersely was

elected Royal Designer to Industry in 1961.

posters for RoSPA from WW2

some of these are available for sale in our shop - please enquire

These posters were produced as industrial safety propaganda to

support the production drive that supplied the armed services. The

posters were commissioned by RoSPA and underwrittenby Ernest

Bevin's Ministry of Labour. Tom was RoSPA's most prolific designer

during WW2.

(click on link to read text by Paul Rennie)

and now the monograph we have been eagerly awaiting...

available, signed by the author at Rennies £25

Dr Paul Rennie gives very good lectures ( with slides, objects or powerpoint)

on RoSpa, visual culture and citizenship, the history of posters and graphic design

and specifically on the work of Tom Eckersley

Please contact him if this is of interest...

p.rennie@csm.arts.ac.uk or p@rennart.co.uk

AVAILABLE FROM RENNIES

GPO advetising greetings cards and envelope ( no message )

£1.50 each

Tom Eckersley poster London Transport

1963 London Underground poster sold

Tom Eckersley poster

1950s for GPO p.o.a.

Tom Eckersley children's book Tom Eckerlsley cat

1946 scarce first edition P.O.A

and

1980s poster Charlie Chaplin

1970s Ceremonial London for London Transport
sold

GPO original poster, c.1953
p.o.a.

for other available original posters by Tom Eckersley please look at our posters in the shop - click here

Paul was asked several years ago now to do a small book on Tom Eckersley for the Antique Collectors Club DESIGN series...sadly the series took a different direction......
In the meantime, Tom's poster design features in Paul's book to commemorate 100 years of RoSPA.

EXCITING NEWS....

PUBLICATION OF PAUL RENNIE'S
IN DEPTH MONOGRAPH ON TOM ECKERSLEY
IT HAS ARRIVED IN THE SHOP- NOW!
- PRICED AT £25 AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

We were privileged to have been introduced to Tom by Abram Games,
and here is a short interview that Paul conducted at Abram's home in North London,
in the 1990s,
published by Affiche in 1994/5. (click on page to read)

thankyou to neighbour in London who sent this image.