EXTRACTS: The Art of Fortunino Matania: A Catalogue © 2016 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

The Illustration Art Gallery presents 86 In the late 1930’s, Matania was commissioned to produce a series of paintings to promote Blackpool’s Tower and Wintergardens. Several editions of a Programme Souvenir were published using a variety of these images, several samples of which shown on this spread. Fig 246 Blackpool Tower and Winter Gardens Programme Souvenir (Red) 190mm x 250mm Fig 247 Blackpool Tower and Winter Gardens Programme Souvenir (Blue) 190mm x 250mm