Abram Games graphic designer/ commercial artist
Abram Games
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You're probably very familiar with Abram Games' elegant posters even if you might not know him by name. After all, he had a very long career as a graphic designer - over six decades. During his career he was, amongst...
Ahead of a new exhibition in London, Rowan Moore celebrates the influential designer’s most enduring work
If you are in the neighborhood of Rochester Institute of Technology, you’re in luck. The first American exhibition of the prominent British graphic desi…
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The show is to be held at the Jewish Museum London, and will explore Games’ immigrant roots and Jewish background alongside his wealth of graphic design work.
Original vintage advertising poster for a British Army Exhibition on 25 May - Exposition Des Armees Britanniques Inauguration le 25 Mai Annexe du Grand Palais - featuring a great design by the notable British graphic designer Abram Games (Abraham Gamse; 1914-1996) depicting a stylised image of a soldier wearing a helmet against a dark shadow background, a Union Jack flag leading down to the bold title text below, the image resembling the shape of the United Kingdom. Printed in England by Chromoworks Ltd, London. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, restored paper losses, restored creasing, backed on linen.
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The National Army Museum’s new exhibition explores the work of the Second World War graphic designer and master of visual seduction, who created propaganda posters to boost recruitment, educate soldiers, and encourage civilians to contribute to Britain’s war efforts.
Political, powerful and poignant (although not always all at the same time), Abram Games' work earned him a place as one of the 20th Century's most iconic and influential graphic designers. Notoriously, one of his posters was banned by Churchill in post-war Britain and, although he crafted advertising for the _Times_, Transport for London and Guinness, his most impactful work was created for noble causes. During the Second World War he designed hundreds of recruitment posters and images discouraging waste, with slogans like "Use Spades, Not Ships" and bold dynamic graphics.
The Festival of Britain also used maps, guidebooks and sport to engage the population of Great Britain including the festival symbol by Abram Games
My version of Abram Games
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(British?) Army Education Scheme Civvy Street Abram Games by Abram Games 1949 30 x 20 inches £200 backed
Abram Games. Keep a Guard on What You Say. 1941-43. Photolithograph. 28 3/4 x 19 3/8" (73 x 49.3 cm). British War Office. Gift of Mrs. John Carter. 174.1943. Architecture & Design
This is a book with paintings by John Leigh-Pemberton and text by Geoffrey Grigson, Phonix House n.d. There are 12 doublespreads - text on the left, image on the right - all depicting Life by the road, on the moors etc. In the posters reproduced here the text has been realigned to fit below the image to make a single sheet.
Abram Games. Send Your Good Wishes by Greetings Telegram. c. 1939-43. Lithograph. 29 7/8 x 20 1/8" (76 x 50.8 cm). Gift of Mrs. John Carter. 282.1943. Architecture & Design
