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MMT: Revealed! Edward McKnight Kauffer

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The graphic artist is Edward McKnight Kauffer! Library Sloth sits with the illustration for Requiem for a Nun book jacket.  Referred to as “the Picasso of advertising design” Edward McKnight Kauffer was an influential advertising poster artist in Europe during the 1920s and 1930s.   He produced the dust jacket art for the 1951 first edition of William Faulkner’s Requiem for a Nun . Portrait of Edward McKnight Kauffer Kauffer may be best known for the 140 posters that he produced for London Underground, and later London Transport. The posters span many styles: many show abstract influences, including futurism, cubism, and vorticism; others evoke impressionist influences such as Japanese woodcuts. Kauffer returned to America at the outbreak of World War II where he struggled in the more competitive New York City advertising atmosphere until he was approached to do a series of posters for American Airlines in 1947. He created posters for Shell Oil and othe

Monday Museum TAKEOVER! Who Is This Graphic Artist?

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Hey folks! I'm back and so excited to takeover the Museum again and share some of what we have in Archives and Special Collections over in JD Williams Library!  This month, I've been busy helping my archives crew set up the new "Faulkner at Random" exhibit in anticipation of The Oxford Conference for the Book! Library Sloth hanging around with some good books in Archives and Special Collections Known for his preference for spare text and symbolic representation, who was the American graphic artist that produced the dust jacket art for the 1951 first edition of William Faulkner’s Requiem for a Nun ? Have you ever read Requiem for a Nun?  Have you seen this dust jacket before?  Here is a close-up of the original artwork. What does this look like to you? This year's Oxford Conference for the Book will be Wednesday, March 29th through Friday, March 31st. Click for a complete list of events.  The conference kicks off with a welcome lunch at Li

MMM Revealed! Theora Hamblett

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This glasswork was created by Theora Hamblett! 

Monday Museum Mystery: What Famous Artist made this Glasswork?

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Frequent visitors to the Museum should know who this artist is right away! Her collection is almost always on permanent display in our Speaker's Gallery, and she is most famous for her unique, lacey trees. Not many people are familiar with her glasswork, but it is intriguing to see how she replicated her signature style across different mediums! Do you know who she is?