Home Counties; no. 4 Kent
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson British
Printer Avenue Press, Ltd.
Publisher United Electric Company American
Not on view
Although perhaps best known for his powerful war-related works and his earlier association with Futurism, between 1921 and 1939, Nevinson also made posters advertising public transportation. Like other posters commissioned by Frank Pick for the Underground Electric Railways Company of London and later London Transport, Home Counties: no. 4 Kent was intended to promote commuting and holiday travel via trains, trams, buses, and underground trains. In contrast to posters that used a hard-edged modernism to convey the hustle and bustle of city life, Nevinson’s works feature bucolic images of the British countryside and leisure activities. British domestic travel became popular during the interwar decades, with many people, especially city dwellers, visiting both suburbs and more rural areas, often aided by guidebooks promoting activities and sites to visit.
