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Abram Games: His Wartime Work

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In 1946, Abram Games left the War Office armed with this testimonial: ‘His work had to be subtly persuasive, or directly “propagandist” – but it was always effective, compelling, and of outstanding quality.’ During the Second World War, Captain Games, holder of the unique title of ‘Official War Poster Artist’, designed a hundred posters for army use. The Ministry of Information adapted several designs for civilians. There is a tale to tell about many of these images, especially about his infamous but most successful ATS Blonde Bombshell recruiting poster. Being the son of a photographer, Games employed many ingenious photographic tricks to convey his message of ‘Maximum Meaning, Minimum Means’ in his designs. Most books on Graphic Design have included images by Abram Games. This is the only book published that concentrates solely on Games’s war work. The Estate of Abram Games holds his large archive, which includes a memo from Churchill, personal correspondence, press cuttings, sketches, paintings, and maps for the Army Bureau of Current Affairs, and photographs from Games’s seven years in army service.

Author Biography:

After studying Graphic Design, Naomi Games worked as a freelance designer and wrote and illustrated nine educational activity books for children. Since the death of her father Abram in 1996, she has organized exhibitions of his work and of his contemporaries, lectures in the UK and abroad, and runs his vast archive. She has produced a film on Games, co-written a monograph and has written five other books about various aspects of her father’s work.
Release date NZ
March 15th, 2019
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
200 Illustrations, unspecified
Pages
192
ISBN-13
9781445692456
Product ID
33852315

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