Book illustration (Signed) (Original)

Book illustration art by Charles Clixby Watson

Book illustration (Signed) (Original)


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Artist: Charles Clixby Watson
Medium: Pen & Ink on Paper
Size: 6" x 6" (160mm x 150mm)
Date: 1950
Signature: Signed by artist lower right
Code: Watson06

This is the Signed unique original Pen & Ink drawing by Charles Clixby Watson.

An original pen and ink sketch from Watson's own personal portfolio of artwork. A portrait of a young boy.

Charles Clixby Watson was born in London, where he studied art at St Martin's School of Art and Goldsmith's. He then worked abroad before returning to the UK to paint English landscapes.

A popular artist, he worked regularly for the BBC Radio Times and Good Housekeeping and is known for his many advertising posters as well as covers for John Bull and many other magazines and books.
  • Artist 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 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 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).

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