Eileen Evans

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Eileen Margaret Evans (8 November 1921 - August 2006) was a British graphic designer who co-founded the Mount/Evans design studio with graphic designer, Reginald Mount after World War II.[1][2]

Biography[]

Poster by Eileen Evans
Staggered Holidays For Comfort, from The National Archives (United Kingdom), Eileen Evans.

Evans studied commercial art at the Reimann School in London, graduating in 1939.[3] Evans selected this school expressly due to its reputation for providing good employment opportunities.[4] Shortly afterwards, she joined the Ministry of Information (which later became the Central Office of Information or COI).[3]

During the war Evans and Mount worked together at the Ministry of Information designing many public information and propaganda posters. Evans also created posters independently of Mount, including at least one recruitment poster for farm workers, plus several for the Lend A Hand on the Land campaign which encouraged city families to take working holidays to help with wartime harvests.[5][6]

Evans is one of the featured artists in the National Archives 'The Art of War' collection. Her collaborative work with Mount is also included in the Victoria and Albert Museum collections.[7][8][9] Their anti-smoking and road safety posters won awards.[10]

In their joint work and commissions, Evans was responsible for the typography and layout of the posters.[3] Their partnership continued into the 1950s and 1960s with posters such as The Parachute Regiment for the British Army Recruiting Office, the 1967 Britain in Montreal poster for the Department of Trade and further work for the Department of Health.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "The National Archives | Research and learning | Exhibitions | The Art of War | Artists". www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Eileen Margaret Evans". England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Elizabeth Lomas (2001). Reginald Mount and Eileen Evans. Routledge. pp. 185–186. ISBN 9781579583156.
  4. ^ Suga, Yasuko (2006). "Modernism, Commercialism and Display Design in Britain: The Reimann School and Studios of Industrial and Commercial Art". Journal of Design History. 19 (2): 137–154. JSTOR 3838660.
  5. ^ Gill Clarke (2008). The Women's Land Army A Portrait. Sansom & Company. ISBN 978-1-904537-87-8.
  6. ^ Richard Slocombe (2014). British Posters of the Second World War. Imperial War Museum. ISBN 978-1-904897-92-7.
  7. ^ "Thousands of Jobs are filled by the Employment Exchange every day". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Don't Brag About Your Job". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Don't Ask A Man To Drink And Drive". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  10. ^ Reginald Mount and Eileen Evans, graphic designers. Victoria & Albert Museum.
  11. ^ Paul Rennie (2010). Modern British Posters Art, Design & Communication. Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906155-97-1.

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