These three examples sum up the odd conjunction of an impeccable line drawing style, immaculate persepctive, a cartoon joke and an advert for tyres. I do think he is grand and I wish I knew more about him. The captions are pretty good too. There is a cluster of satsifying line artists at work in the twenties, as a sort of contrast to the Held/Perelmann school of blocky faux wood cuts - Gluyas Williams, and Rea Irvin among them. |