Purvis, Tom [1888-1959. UK. Graphic/Poster Designer]
Thomas Charles Purvis [commonly known as Tom Purvis] was born in Bristol, Englan… subscribers only
Poster, 1930s, designed by Tom Purvis for the Empire Marketing Board
Bibliography
1. Artmonsky, Ruth and Preston, David. ‘Tom Purvis: art for the sake of money. London: Artmonsky Arts, 2015 [ISBN 10: 0957387563 / ISBN 13: 9780957387560] 2. Bradshaw, Percy V. Art in advertising: a study of British and American pictorial publicity London: The Press Art School, 1925 3. Choko, Marc H. and Jones, David L. Posters of the Canadian Pacific. Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books, 2004 4. Green, Oliver. Underground art: London Transport posters 1908 to the present. London: Laurence King, 2nd edition, 2001 5. Hewitt, John. The commercial art of Tom Purvis. Manchester, England: Manchester Metropolitan University, 1996 6. Hillier, Bevis. ‘The King of the Hoardings: the Posters of Tom Purvis’. The V & A Album no.1, 1982 pp.246-254 7. Richmond, Leonard. The technique of the poster. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1933 8. Ritchie, Berry. A touch of class: the story of Austin Reed. London: James & James, 1990 9. The studio of Tom Purvis. London: Onslow’s, 1990 [Catalogue for the sale of the studio of Tom Purvis held at The Carisbrooke Hall, London, 6 February 1990]