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‘Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-1970’ lists the following by Paine: 1916 Design for stained glass window (1762) Paine, Charles, painter 11North View, Brentham, Ealing W. 1943 Design for stained glass “My soul doth magnify the Lord” (934) 43 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn … Continue reading →

Following Paine’s death in 1967 his friend and neighbour, Desmond Rexworthy, wrote a tribute for the Jersey Evening Post. Charles Paine – A Tribute             Charles Paine who was born in Lancashire in 1895 and died on Friday at his … Continue reading →

This window was dedicated on the 90th Anniversary of Queen’s Park High Parish Church, Queen’s Drive, Glasgow, on Sunday 22nd December 1957.                The window was made by Guthrie & Wells. The inscription across the bottom of the panels reads:    AD 1953 … Continue reading →

Owned by Charles Paine. Inscribed top right corner. First published 1947. cf. Royal School of needlework October 23rd. 2018

This undated (c.1964) photograph shows Paine holding two tankards outside the Moorings Hotel on Gorey Pier. He has drawn a caricature of himself on the reverse.` The tankards are probably the two that hung over the bar of The Moorings … Continue reading →

Like many European artists from the French Impressionists onward, Paine was influenced by Japanese art.     It can be seen in his simplicity of outline and composition and in the use of flat areas of bright colour.   Of his poster for the … Continue reading →

This pocket-sized drawing book belonged to Paine. I have posted below all the pages in order that bear legible images. I do not know at which period of his life the book was in use. My guess is during his … Continue reading →

Teri J. Edelstein, Teri J. Edelstein Associates, Museum Strategies In 1997, a cache of posters was discovered behind a partition at the Art Institute of Chicago. Among the posters were over 300 created for “The Underground” in London. The first … Continue reading →

Everyone’s Art Gallery:  Posters of the London Underground 25th May – 5th September 2019 In 1919, 39 posters came to the Art Institute of Chicago, courtesy of the Underground Electric Railways London.   The posters, full of brilliant colors and innovative … Continue reading →

The Craft of Stained Glass by Charles Paine             Stained glass is more usually associated with ecclesiastical architecture than with domestic architecture.             The field of domestic architecture has yet to be explored.             In this enlightened age the control … Continue reading →

London Zoo features on more Underground posters than any other subject and Paine’s Zoo poster (1921) is one of the most popular. In 2013 the penguins poster inspired the making of an animation film Penguins Calling directed by Anastasia Psaltou … Continue reading →

Paine probably made the acquaintance of Dr. Douglas Strachan (1875-1950) at Edinburgh College of Art where he  was appointed Director of Design in 1908.    Strachan  is  widely considered  to  have  been   ‘the most significant and prolific stained glass artist’ (Gazetteer … Continue reading →

Following his return to England from California in 1930 Paine corresponded with Teuila.   17 of her letters, written between November 1936 and October 1948, are held by the National Library of Scotland.    Some letters are undated as to the … Continue reading →

Whenever circumstances permitted Paine kept a dog. Paine with Jenny at 43 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn. ‘This is Jenny my true friend.   Sometimes we sits and thinks.   Sometimes we just sits.’ Jenny’s studio portrait. Paine with Lisa at La Guerdainerie Cottage, … Continue reading →

Paine painted these shapes for use as teaching aids.

Cow studies.   Undated. Dogs playing (?)   Undated. Plant studies.   Undated. Turtle copied from ‘Reptiles, Amphibians, Fishes and lower chordata’                            Edited by J.T. Cunningham Methuen 1912 Undated  

Paine always carried a notebook and sketched in pen or pencil, whichever was to hand.   All undated. The Russell Hotel is probably the Hotel Russell on Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, renamed the Kimpton Fitzroy on 24 October 2018.

Reclining nude dated 18 March 1966. Paine attended life drawing classes during the year before his death in 1967.  

Saint Francis.   Undated.   Signed lower right ‘Charles Paine’. No doubt the drawing reflects the legend of St. Francis preaching to the birds.   Even the fish are drawn by his holiness.  

I don’t know which saints are represented.   Undated.  

All undated                   

Pencil study for Observer Jack Cliff Observer Jack Cliff, Part B                                                                                                     Passed for Publication 26 Oct 1942 Press and Censorship Bureau See post March 10, 2018 Studies for baby face                John Duke of Marlborough Undated Study … Continue reading →

Paine was renowned for his cartoons though he was never, so far as is known, a professional cartoonist.   This cartoon in celebration of the New Year could be a scene from The Wind in the Willows.  It was drawn for … Continue reading →

Undated This is my only record of this watercolour.   The location of the courtyard is unknown though it is probably in Jersey and painted during the 1950s, perhaps in St. Helier. Paine made a number of preliminary sketches in a … Continue reading →

When Paine returned to London from California in 1931 he ‘resumed private practice and research work’ (Paine’s CV).   In addition he was appointed visiting teacher at the Blackheath School of Art*, where the part-time Principal (1929-39) was his friend, John … Continue reading →

Charles Paine was born at 25 Charles Street, at Pendleton in the district of Salford, in Lancashire, on 23 October 1895.   His twin brother, Ernest, died in December 1896.   Another sibling also died.   His sister, Gertrude, was born at Pendleton … Continue reading →

 AT WAIKIKI, HAWAII       Front row (left to right):  Ah Foo, the cook, R.L.S., Mrs. R.L.S., Lloyd Osbourne               Standing:  Mrs. M.I. Stevenson, and Isabel Osbourne (Teuila) ‘Teuila’* was the familiar name by which Isobel Osbourne, the step-daughter of Robert Louis … Continue reading →

A number of Paine’s works were issued as post cards during the 1950’s.   The original for ‘Jersey born and bred’ was in acrylic.   The breakwater extending from left to right is a familiar Paine compositional device.   Other examples include ‘Tramore … Continue reading →

Joan Paine said that Paine regarded himself as primarily a watercolourist and it seems that was the genre he most enjoyed.   In 1948 Teuila wrote, “How I wish I could see your water colours of Ireland!”   Tramore Cove (County Waterford) … Continue reading →

In 1948 or shortly before, Paine’s wife, Anna, bought a house in Jersey – No. 7 Gorey Pier. They were to spend the rest of their lives in Jersey.   (cf. ‘Marian, Katherine and Anna’ March 10, 2018) The house, situated … Continue reading →

Paine employed a method of composition he called ‘applied dynamics’.   Among his papers was a folder titled ‘Applied Dynamics Compositions’ which contained analyses of two paintings:  Adoration de l’Enfant Jésus by Signorelli and Le Crucifiement by Raphael. I have … Continue reading →

The Ecrehous 1965-1967 – gouache on board. Shortly after Paine’s death in 1967 the Jersey Evening Post published (10th July) a tribute by Paine’s friend and neighbour, Desmond Rexworthy.   He wrote, ‘During the last two years in his studio … Continue reading →

Paine produced this image in the 1920s.   The author of the ‘Modern Printmakers’ website tells us that this colliery scene takes the schematic approach of the colour woodcuts of Edward Loxton Knight.   It is a good example of Paine’s versatility, … Continue reading →

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Undated     Undated Undated Roche in Wartime booklet.

      Undated                                                 1941       Undated                                                                  Undated   Undated                                                          After 1948    

      Undated Underneath the last ad. Paine has written, ‘Have advertised every well known quality shoe K, Lotus, Delta, Church’s etc.’

From 1893 Alfred Dunhill ran a company selling motoring accessories, and in 1902 opened a shop in Mayfair.   He developed a pipe designed for motorists in 1904.   He opened a tobacconists in St. James’s in 1907, offering tailored tobacco blends.   … Continue reading →

These newspaper adverts were produced in the mid 1920s when listening to wireless broadcasts was becoming mainstream.    In the early twenties it was generally considered to be the occupation of hobbyists and a threat to traditional family values and the … Continue reading →

The Church shoe company was founded in 1873 by Thomas Church and his three sons and remained a family business until being taken over by Prada in 1999.   Church’s shoes had a high reputation for excellence which was reflected … Continue reading →

Undated.   Probably 1943. Probably 1943.     Undated.   Probably 1943. I have no further information about these designs.    

                                          APD (undated)                                                    EKD (undated) Undated

                   Undated Trade Mark Guthrie & Wells (undated)

     While living in Jersey, probably during the 1950s, Paine produced a series of cards using designs from previous work.      

I don’t know when or for what purpose Paine produced these national emblems.

It was probably at Edinburgh that Paine made the acquaintance of Dr. Douglas Strachan (1875-1950) who was appointed Director of Design there in 1908.    Strachan  is  widely considered  to  have  been   ‘the most significant and prolific stained glass artist’ (Gazetteer … Continue reading →

People who knew Paine at Welwyn recalled that he ‘never discussed art or design theory, religion or politics’.   They evidently did not know of his association with the psychiatrist, Eric Graham Howe.   His CV (post 1945) states that ‘Under the … Continue reading →

Paine met Marian Jane Nelson (also known as Maria or Marie) when both were students at the Royal College of Art.   She was Irish, and some five years older than Paine.  They married on the 1st July 1920 at Stephen’s … Continue reading →

In 1947 Paine illustrated all five books in the series English Today by Ronald Ridout for which he was paid 400 guineas.   By agreement with Ginn & Coy, copyright in the illustrations remained with Paine and his heirs though Ginn … Continue reading →

Undated I have no further information.   Several other books by B. N. Langdon-Davies are on sale at Amazon, the earliest dated 1937.      Undated 1930s Booklet by Dr. Herman Rauschning (7 August 1887 – 8 February 1982), a German … Continue reading →

Paine designed the cover illustrations for a King Penguin, Fishes of Britain’s Rivers and Lakes, by J. R. Norman Assistant Keeper, British Museum of Natural History, pub 1943.   The plates within were reproduced from Edward Donovan’s Natural History of British … Continue reading →

During the early nineteen-thirties Paine made a series of experiments for Francis Meynell of the Nonesuch Press (founded 1923)  in the use of  common newspaper screens applied to book illustration.   He provided the ‘decorations’ for Sea Sequel (pub. 1934 Nonesuch … Continue reading →

These twelve images were for a calendar.   They are undated and I don’t know for whom they were made.   I have attributed a month to each according to the subjects.   Some are obvious such as November but others such as … Continue reading →

In Vol. 11 No. 82 of Commercial Art 1929 Horace Taylor wrote, ‘Although responsible for one of the most famous figures in modern advertising, Mr. Charles Paine is not nearly so well known as he ought to be.   The figure … Continue reading →

Paine designed eight stylised empire symbols for Morton Sundour, possibly for a wallpaper or textile.  Undated.                                                 … Continue reading →

Paine taught for a time at Oaklands School for girls, Lytton Lodge, Codicote, Hitchin.   The school magazine Summer 1946 (Hertfordshire Archives)  includes the following comment:             ‘The study of art has made great strides under Mr. Paine.   Peals of laughter … Continue reading →

Welco is a company that supplies storage, racking, partitioning and handling and general office equipment.   There was a Welco benefit society at Welwyn in the 1930s and Paine probably made these designs (gouache) for the Welco bulletin in 1940 or … Continue reading →

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                Undated.   Probably 1946. The Barn Theatre, Welwyn, opened to the paying public in January 1932 and could seat 150 people.   It was closed during the war after being requisitioned by the army in 1940 and re-opened in November 1946. … Continue reading →

                              Undated The folder contained a number of loose sheets each giving information about a different aspect of the amenities in Welwyn.   Paine designed an illustration for each.                

When Welwyn was begun in the 1920’s the planners intended that all the residents of the garden city would shop in one shop and created the Welwyn Stores, a monopoly which caused some local resentment.  Commercial pressures subsequently ensured much … Continue reading →

In the nineteen-twenties Paine twice spent time teaching in Santa Barbara, California.   (1924-5; 1929-31)   His work at the Edinburgh College of Art was well known to Morley Fletcher who had just been appointed first Director of the new Santa … Continue reading →

In 1927 Paine illustrated a booklet To Young Weavers by James Morton.   It contains the text of a talk given by Morton to a gathering of young weavers in Lancashire and was printed by the Baynard Press.              Page 1 … Continue reading →

Commercial Art of 1 June 1928 said, ‘We have received a number of interesting calendars for 1928.   The best of them, perhaps, are those designed for Sundour Fabrics by Charles Paine.   Each month has a separate device in bright colours.   … Continue reading →

This is probably a book plate designed by Paine for Alistair Morton, grandson of the firm’s founder, Alexander Morton.      In 1928 Edinburgh Weavers was established as an experimental branch of Morton Sundour Fabrics.   Alistair, was Director from 1931 until … Continue reading →

In 1923 Ronald Simpson, chief designer at Morton Sundour, having met Paine at Guthrie and Wells, a major customer for Sundour fabrics, introduced him to the head of the firm, James Morton.   They met in May and Morton was ‘immediately … Continue reading →

                               1928         These advertisements seek to persuade Londoners to take a bus or train to peaceful and interesting places and were probably published in the Evening Standard.  

Undated I don’t know who commissioned this map or for what purpose.    Today 9 Park Place is occupied by two companies.   The area of London shown on the map is to the south and west of Piccadilly Circus, bounded … Continue reading →

Probably 1927 Following a suggestion from the author of ‘365posterblog’ I have found the explanation for the RMSP card.   RMSP stands for ‘Royal Mail Steam Packet’.   The RMSP Company, founded in 1839, became the largest shipping group in … Continue reading →

          1924 Paine has used the same design to advertise two different air lines.   ‘He was the first to use the diagonal as a theme for crossing the Channel, an idea that was then taken up by many … Continue reading →

As early as 1936 Paine was living at 43 Longcroft Lane, Welwyn, and perhaps in that year was engaged by Welwyn Garden City Ltd. ‘to take responsibility for the creative angle of the organisation’s publicity’. His first poster, Make Your Home … Continue reading →

Undated Art work for the Knutsford poster in acrylic.   The stars often appear in Paine’s work. Pencil study for Knutsford poster.            Pencil studies for Knutsford poster.

This frame, presumably for a poster, comprises twelve images, eleven depicting men and women who played their part in the defeat of Hitler and one showing St. George slaying the Nazi dragon.   On his left a member of the Home … Continue reading →