Designs on Delivery: GPO Posters from 1930 to 1960: Pat Keely
Pat Keely (died 1970) Night Mail, 1939 [-]
Size: 544 mm x 700 mm. Reference: The Royal Mail Archive POST 109/377.
Pat Keely ( - 1970)
Keely was a designer of posters, press advertisements and trade matter. Before the Second World War Keely designed posters for London Transport, the Southern Railway, the Post Office and the British Aluminium Company.
During the Second World War he designed for the General Post Office, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and the Ministry of Labour and National Service (MOLNS). His work at this time used sparse symbols to convey their messages, although the use of rich colour was unusual. This style resulted in striking posters, with mass communication powers.
He was a member of the Society of Industrial Artists and of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.
See also: W. H. Auden Collection
As part of the exhibition, the Well Gallery will be showing on loop Night Mail (1936) which the British Film Institute calls "one of the most popular and instantly recognised films in British film history ... one of the most critically acclaimed films ... [of the] documentary film movement".
Links: The GPO Film Unit (The British Postal Museum and Archive website); Artist: Pat Keely (London Transport Museum website)
All posters copyright © Royal Mail Group Ltd courtesy of the British Postal Museum & Archive unless stated otherwise. Contact k.stuckey@arts.ac.uk for more information.
The exhibition runs from 7th October - 4th November 2009 in the Well Gallery, London College of Communication, Elephant and Castle.
October 2009: Designs on Delivery: GPO Posters from 1930 to 1960 : Products and Services
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