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Montague B Black, b. 1889

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Main details for this item.
Reference number
1996/8340
Name
Montague Birrell Black
Preferred name
Montague B Black
Born
1889
Collection
Object type
  • Person
Completeness
36%
  • Biography

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    Biography
    A poster artist, painter and illustrator. He was educated at Stockwell College, London. Around 1910 a number of his paintings were registered at Stationers Hall for commercial use and are now at the Public Record Office at Kew. Montague Black lived and exhibited in Liverpool in 1912. During World War Two he worked for the Toronto Star. He also produced work for the White Star Line and is known for the poster maps he designed for the railway companies including the LNER and British Railways.
    Education
    Stockwell College, London,
    Employment
    Designed posters for the Underground Group, 1926
    Role
    Artist,