Montague B Black, b. 1889
Main details
Reference number | 1996/8340 |
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Name | Montague Birrell Black |
Preferred name | Montague B Black |
Born | 1889 |
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Completeness | 36% |
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Biography
Attribute Value 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, 1926Role Artist,