‘Beggarstaff, J. & W.’
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‘Beggarstaff, J. & W.’ (‘Beggarstaff Brothers’). Pseudonym used by the brothers-in-law
William Nicholson and
James Pryde for their poster designs. ‘They joined forces in 1894, and for the next five years they produced a series of posters which by their bold simplicity and clarity of design revolutionized certain aspects of poster art throughout Europe…they presented the image in its starkest form: the background is stripped bare of unnecessary detail and the fullest use is made of the silhouette… Despite the brilliant originality of their work, or perhaps because of it, they received relatively few commissions and several of their designs never reached the hoardings’ (Dennis Farr,
English Art: 1870–1940, 1978). Nicholson explained their choice of the name ‘Beggarstaff’ thus: ‘Pryde and I came across it one day in an old stable, on a sack of fodder. It is a good, hearty, old English name, and it appealed to us, so we adopted it immediately.’ They signed their work ‘ J. & W. Beggarstaff’; in due course some people started referring to the ‘Beggarstaff Brothers’, but the artists themselves did not care for this version.
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‘Beggarstaff, J. & W.’
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
‘Beggarstaff, J. & W.’ ( ‘Beggarstaff Brothers’ ). Pseudonym used by...x2019; They signed their work ‘ J. & W. Beggarstaff’; in due course some people started...
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'Beggarstaff, J. & W.'
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
'Beggarstaff, J. & W.' ( the ‘Beggarstaff Brothers' ). Pseudonym used by the brothers...x2019; They signed their work ‘J. & W. Beggarstaff'; in due course some people started referring...
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Pryde, James
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...Julian, Paris. In the 1890s he designed posters with his brother-in-law William Nicholson under the name J. & W. Beggarstaff . Pryde sometimes supplemented his income at this time by taking small parts on the stage. As a painter he...
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Nicholson, Sir William
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...early work as a poster designer, done in collaboration with his brother-in-law James Pryde under the name J. & W. Beggarstaff . As a painter he was successful mainly as a portraitist, but he is now particularly admired for his still...
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