Friday, April 17, 2009

Charles Mozley



[Drawing for 'The Little Witch' by Margaret Mahy] c. 1976
[Mobile policemen use Shell] 1938
Pen and Ink and Watercolor on board
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1914 - 1991.

Over five decades, Mozely worked as an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer. In his early career he worked for Shell and London Transport and produced camouflage posters during World War II. After the war he worked for a time with the performing arts designing posters, programmes and brochures; from the late 1960s he worked extensively for the wine trade. Mozley also designed over 300 book jackets and illustrated around 40 books both for adults and children.

2 comments:

Natalis said...

those are affecting my mind heavily...strong content.

Hermes said...

That second one was for an advert but is almost 3D in its intensity.