Design for a Southern Railway Poster, c.late 1920s

Gouache, 52 by 32 cm (20 1/2 by 12 1/2 ins)

Halliwell, who studied at Stockport School of Art and the Royal College of Art is at his best in the commercial artwork he created in the 1920s which is amongst the best of the English Art Deco. As well as posters for London Transport, Southern Electric and Imperial and International Communications he made packaging design for firms such as Bird's Custard and Melias Coffee. Latterly he was an influential teacher in the field of commercial design at both Camberwell and Central School of Arts and Crafts.