edward mcknight kauffer 1890 - 1954
vintage poster for london transport 1933 sold
railway poster for GWR 1933
artwork 1930s
Born in Montana, USA. He studied in San Francisco
and Paris. Kauffer came to London in 1914 and in
1915 he was commissioned by Frank Pick at
London Transport. From this time he was an
extremely influential designer of posters, theatre
costume, exhibition designs, murals, book
illustrations, carpets and textiles. He and his wife
Marion Dorn, also an accomplished designer, made
a dynamic and glamorous couple.
Kauffer returned to America in 1940.
Many retrospective exhibitions of his work have
been held, including those at the Museum of
Modern Art, New York and at the Victoria & Albert
Museum, London.
Kauffer's connections to the artistic avant-garde in France
and Britain placed him at the forefront of developments in the visual
language of advertsing during the 1930s. He ranks as one of the most
significant designers of the 20c - in Britain or anywhere in the world.
wedgwood coffee cup and saucer for orient line with kauffer designed ol symbol c1930's £80
tramways poster 1924 sold
travel poster 1920 sold
general bus co poster 1920 sold
tramway poster 1924 available framed £1200
tramway poster 1924 sold
tramway poster 1924 sold
travel poster 1915 sold
london transport poster 1923
1930 Shell lorry bill (framed) £850
rare BP poster 1933
rare BP poster 1934
summershell poster 1938
stonehenge by kauffer 1934
great shell poster 1933
rare shell poster 1934 sold
shell poster 1934 sold
shell poster 1937 framed p.o.a
1932 GWR poster for Cornwall (framed) sold
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E. McKnight Kauffer
painting circa 1915
Our WW2 anglo - french friendship scarf by Kauffer
exhibited at Cooper Hewitt / Smithsonian September 2021
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