Friday 5 April 2024

John Hassall - Part 9

 

In 1900, Hassall opened his own New Art School and School of Poster Design in Kensington, with the help of his former teacher Van Havermaet; he numbered Bert Thomas, H M Bateman and Harry Rountree among his students. In 1908, the school amalgamated with Frank Brangwyn’s London School, but was closed at the outbreak of the First World War. In the post war period, he ran the very successful John Hassall Correspondence School.


For more information about John Hassall see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 8 also.


This is part 9 of of a 12-part series on the works of John Hassall:


1930 The Ugly Duckling published by Blackie & Son:


Front Cover

Big Brother, original artwork
pen & ink

"Can you lay eggs?"

"The new one is the best?" they said

Not so bad as he looks
 pen & ink artwork

Pity the poor duckling

Untitled

Untitled

c1930 Blackie's Popular Nursery Rhymes:

Blessing light upon you


Blessing light upon you

Girls and Boys come out to play

Johnny shall go to the fair

Little Bo Peep "She finds their tails"

1930s Wookey Hole Cave postcards:

The Escape of the Axe. Wookey Hole Cave.

The Hall of Wookey. Wookey Hole Cave.

The Inner Grotto. Wookey Hole Cave.

The New Grotto. Wookey Hole Cave

The Witch of Wooky. Wooky Hole Cave.

The Witch's Parlour. Wookey Hole Cave

1930s Robinson Crusoe
hardback cover published by Blackie & Son Ltd

1930s Robinson Crusoe detail

1930s Robinson  Crusoe detail

1931 The Goose Girl, published by Blackie & Son Ltd:

End Cover: Serving maid "Drink if you will. I will not be your waiting maid."
original artwork
pen and ink and crayon 38 x 27 cm

Page 1. The Queen - "cut off a lock of her hair"
Page 4 Forced to take off her royal clothes & put on her maid's shabby ones
original artwork

Page 3. As she leaned down drink, the lock of hair floated away.
original artwork

Page 5 The Princess stayed in the court below.

Page 13 She had no place until she told him all.
Page 14 The young Prince was married to his true wife - Showing where sehe tended the geese
original artwork

1932 Passing of the Regiments
sheet music cover 31.4 x 24 cm
V&A Museum, London

1932 The Flying Trunk
The Princess was asleep
colour lithograph

1932 The Flying Trunk
chapter heading

1932 The Tin Soldier published by Blackie & Son Ltd.
She Took Him to the Parlour
colour lithograph

1932 She Took Him to the Parlour
original artwork

1932 The Tin Soldier
"That would be just the wife for me"
colour lithograph

1936 Sir Frederic Hobday (1870–1939)
oil on canvas 210 x 111 cm
Royal Veterinary College, London

before1938 Milton Bode's Grand Pantomine
Jack and the Giant Killer
colour lithograph poster 76 x 51 cm

1939 Self portrait with Native American headdress
pen & ink on Whatman Drawing Board

c1940 John Gilpin published by Blackie & Son Ltd:

Front Cover

Gilpin loses his hat, wig, and cloak

Quoth Mistress Gilpin - "Thats well said"

Said John - "It is my wedding-day".

"Look! Look!"

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