British, 1887–1951
Frank Newbould (1887–1951), full name Frank Parkinson Newbould, was an English poster artist known for his travel posters and his Second World War posters. He was born in Bradford on 24 September 1887, the only child of the chemist John Newbould and Sara Ellen Robinson, and studied at Bradford College of Art and Camberwell School of Art.
Working mostly in London from the interwar years, he specialised in travel posters. His clients included the Empire Marketing Board, London Transport and its predecessors, the London & North Eastern, Great Western and London, Midland & Scottish railways, and the Orient and Cunard shipping lines. His work is characterised by bold shapes and colours.
In 1942 he joined the War Office as assistant to Abram Games and produced eleven posters, including the series "Your Britain – Fight for it Now". He married Marion Jane Thomson in 1919 and died in London on 24 December 1951.
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