Richard Beck b. 1912

Also known as R. B.
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Designer
London and Melbourne designer. Beck designed travel posters for the Orient Line, London Transport and the 1956 Melbourne Olympics among others. His package design work is illustrated in R. Haughton James, The Arts in Australia series, "Commercial Art", Longmans, 1963.
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Citations

  • Hetherington, Michelle (1999), 'Follow the Sun : Australian Travel Posters 1930s-1950s’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Smith, Ure, 'Australia : National Journal’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Smith, Ure (1943), 'Australia Week-end Book 2’, Sydney, NSW, p 111.

  • Beck, Richard (1955), 'The Art of Richard Beck’, Melbourne, Vic : Architecture and Arts and the Modern Home, Number 21, May, pp 45-6.

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