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!"

Wednesday 3 April 2024

John Hassall - Part 8

 

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 - 7 also.


This is part 8 of of a 12-part series on the works of John Hassall:


1914-18 World War 1:


1914 1,500,000 Belgians are Destitute in Belgium
They must not starve.
colour lithograph poster 76 x 51 cm

c1914-16 Belgian Canal Boat Fund
Mono lithograph poster 76 x 51 cm

1914-18 Nestlés Milk Richest in Cream, Always to the Front
lithograph poster

c1914 Your King and Country Want You
sheet music published by Chappell & Co.
V&A Museum, London

1915 The Vision of St George over the Battlefield
oil on canvas 76.2 x 130.2 cm
Imperial War Museums, London

1915 Short Seaplane
oil on canvas 101 x 150 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire
 (Usher Gallery)

1915 Music in War-Time
mono lithograph poster 76.4 x 51 cm
V&A Museum, London

1915 Hurry Up! Boys Fill the Ranks, Public Schools Brigade
lithograph poster 76 x 51 cm

1915 A Tank in Action
oil on canvas 101.7 x 152 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire
 (Usher Gallery)

1915 Ye Berlyn Tapestrie (WW1):


1915 Ye Berlyn Tapestrie, Wilhem's Invasion of Flanders

Hys Carefule Preparations For War, Invention of ye Deadly Gas

Wilhelm Teareth Ye Treaty

Wilhelm Maily Fiste

Into Belgium & Nth France

There Was Unexpected Delay At Liege

& Then: With Artillery

And With Cavalrie

Carefule Preparations For War

Wilhem Teareth ye Treaty

He: Wilhelm Drinketh: Der Tag

Ye Aviatiker Meeteth An Enemy

He Trieth The Air

He Passeth Through Luxemberg

Men & Children: First!!

c1914 Hark Hark the dogs do bark, the beggars are coming to town.
watercolour 76.2 x 127 cm

1916 "An Interior" & S.C. Jan 14th 1916
watercolour heightened with white on buff paper 31 x 23.7 cm

1916 The Bing Boys (Alfred S. Lester and George Robey)
colour lithograph poster 71.3 x 50.2 cm

1916 The Bing Boys Are Here, Revue at Alhambra Theatre, London
colour lithograph poster
© Mary Evans Picture Library

1916 The Bing Boys Are Here
sheet music 32.5 x 25.5 cm

1916 The Bing Boys Are Here at Alhambra Theatre
colour lithograph poster 76.3 x 49 cm
V&A Museum, London

1917 The State Entry of Queen Elizabeth into Bristol, 14 August 1574
oil on canvas 256.5 x 195.6 cm
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, UK

c1917-18cAviator Car Mascot
bronze, 17.5 cm high
Imperial War Museum, Duxford

c1917 "Smile!" Garrick Theatre
colour lithograph poster 75 x 49 cm
V&A Museum, London

c1917 Robert the Policeman
car mascot 11.5 cm high

c1917 Robert the Policeman back view

1918 St David's Day, Welsh Flag Day
colour lithograph poster (size not given)

1918 The Hassall ABC
hard cover 30.5 x 24.5 cm
published by Collins, London & Glasgow

1918 The Hassall ABC
Title Page

1918 The Hassall ABC
Good-Night

1919 "Oo-er". Savage Club Costume Ball.
colour lithograph poster 76.7 x 50.5  cm
V&A Museum, London

1920 A Night Out, Vaudeville Theatre.
colour lithograph poster 50.9 x 76.2 cm

1920 Hey! Diddle Diddle (the Cat and the Fiddle)
published by Blackie 

c1920 Aladdin
published by Blackie & Son Ltd

c1920 Andrews Liver Salt "I must heve left it behind!"
colour lithograph advertisement 47 x 35 cm

c1920 Children's Country Holiday Fund
colour lithograph poster 76.5 x 50.1 cm
V&A Museum, London

c1920 Orient Cruises by S.S. Ophir to Norway
 colour lithograph poster 100.5 x 64 cm

c1920 The Firelight Book of Nursery Stories
published by Blackie & Son Ltd.,

early 1920s Great Eastern Railway
The East Coast. Ideal for Golfing.
colour lithograph poster

1921 And her Mother came too!
sheet music cover

c1921 Milkmaid
colour lithograph advertisement for Nestle's milk
by Dudley Hardy and John Hassall 46 x 34.9 cm
V&A Museum, London

1922 Once Upon A TimeOnce Upon A Time
(The Great Sphinx and Pyramids at Gizeh in Egypt)
from Bibbys Annual 1922

1923 Hop O' My Thumb & The 3 Little Pigs
published ny Blackie

1924-27 Old Pink 'Un Days
book jacket

c1924 "All In" Suet Puddings of various kinds, The New Way
colour lithograph poster
© Mary Evans Picture Library

c1924 The Sport of Kings
colour lithograph poster 74.5 x 49.3 cm
V&A Museum, London

c1924 Walton on the Naze for Healthy Holidays
colour silkscreen poster 102 x 64 cm

1925 Martial Moments
colour lithograph poster
© Mary Evans Picture Library

1925 Popular Marches sheet music
colour lithograph 34.3 x 25.7 cm
V&A Museum, London

c1925 Milford Haven - where Fish comes from
poster for G.W.R. (Great Western Railway) 101.5 x 63.7 cm

1928 The Swiss Family Robinson
published by Blackie & Son

1929 The Giant and the Three Golden Hairs
published by Blackie & Son
colour lithograph

1930 "Superseded"
monotone watercolour 34 x 30 cm approx.