The Dress is Not Too Long For Birmingham, 1926
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Frank Reynolds (1876-1953)
Cartoon taken from a disbound copy of the Punch Almanack, 1926
In a cream conservation grade mount (matt)
In good condition, as illustrated
Cartoon: 17.5x 11.5 cm (visible); mount: 20.4 x 25.4 cm (8" x 10")
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Cartoon taken from a disbound copy of the Punch Almanack, 1926
In a cream conservation grade mount (matt)
In good condition, as illustrated
Cartoon: 17.5x 11.5 cm (visible); mount: 20.4 x 25.4 cm (8" x 10")
Visit our Frames page to view and select a frame for this work
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Frank Reynolds RI (1876-1953)
Reynolds was born in London and studied art at Heatherley’s. His earliest illustrations appeared in Longbow and Pick-Me-Up in the later years of the nineteenth century. In 1901 he became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours; he exhibited there and at Walker’s Art Gallery, London. His first cartoon appeared in Punch in 1906 and in 1920 he succeeded his late brother in law F H Townsend as the magazine’s Art Editor (a position he held until 1930).
According to Price (1957), Reynolds only became a frequent contributor after the First World War, ‘and in the Twenties and Thirties he, perhaps, contributed more than any other artist to giving an issue of Punch its character. As Fougasse said in his Obituary Notice, ‘His line possessed a freedom and energy which make us recognise it now as the forerunner of much of the free style drawing of today. He played, in fact, an important part in the transition from the comparatively tight naturalistic drawing of the beginning of the century (a legacy from the old wood engraving) to the freer and more fluid and very much less documented styles that followed.’
Collections
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Victoria and Albert Museum
Sources and further reading
Bryant M and Heneage S (1994), Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980, Scolar Press
Dolman B (1981), A Dictionary of British Artists, 1929, Antique Collectors’ Club
Johnson J and Greutzner A (1999), British Artists 1880-1940, Antique Collectors’ Club
Mallalieu H L (1988), The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists, Antique Collectors’ Club
Price R G G (1957), A History of Punch, Collins
Waters G M (1975), Dictionary of British Artists 1900-1950, Eastbourne Fine Art
Reynolds was born in London and studied art at Heatherley’s. His earliest illustrations appeared in Longbow and Pick-Me-Up in the later years of the nineteenth century. In 1901 he became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours; he exhibited there and at Walker’s Art Gallery, London. His first cartoon appeared in Punch in 1906 and in 1920 he succeeded his late brother in law F H Townsend as the magazine’s Art Editor (a position he held until 1930).
According to Price (1957), Reynolds only became a frequent contributor after the First World War, ‘and in the Twenties and Thirties he, perhaps, contributed more than any other artist to giving an issue of Punch its character. As Fougasse said in his Obituary Notice, ‘His line possessed a freedom and energy which make us recognise it now as the forerunner of much of the free style drawing of today. He played, in fact, an important part in the transition from the comparatively tight naturalistic drawing of the beginning of the century (a legacy from the old wood engraving) to the freer and more fluid and very much less documented styles that followed.’
Collections
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Victoria and Albert Museum
Sources and further reading
Bryant M and Heneage S (1994), Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists 1730-1980, Scolar Press
Dolman B (1981), A Dictionary of British Artists, 1929, Antique Collectors’ Club
Johnson J and Greutzner A (1999), British Artists 1880-1940, Antique Collectors’ Club
Mallalieu H L (1988), The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists, Antique Collectors’ Club
Price R G G (1957), A History of Punch, Collins
Waters G M (1975), Dictionary of British Artists 1900-1950, Eastbourne Fine Art