Charles Clixby Watson biography

Charles Clixby Watson (1906 - 1964; Brixton, London, UK)

Born in Brixton, London, Charles Clixby Watson (often known as Clixby Watson) studied art at St Martin's School of Art (1920 - 1924) and Goldsmith's (1926 -1927). He exhibited at the Leicester Galleries and other venues. He then worked abroad before returning to the UK to paint English landscapes.

He worked regularly for the BBC Radio Times, Good Housekeeping and is known for his many advertising posters including advertising for women to become nurses notable Bitsy and Keep Calm and Think Like a Nurse, as well as magazine covers, including John Bull magazine, Ditty Box (a magazine dubbed 'the sailor's mag' produced by HMSO for the Admiralty from July 1944 to January 1949), and Pall Mall and Nash magazines.

He was also known as a children's book illustrator, including 'Constable Todd and the Tomatoes' written by C. V. Burgess (Dolphin Books, Paperback, Jan. 1958) and 'Jumbo Spencer' by Helen Cresswell (Brockhampton Press, London, 1963).

He lived at Braughing in Hertfordshire and died in 1964.
Source: The Illustration Art Gallery

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