Title - Skegness Is So Bracing.
Location - Skegness, Lincolnshire, England.
Artist - Wilfred Moody Fryer (1891-1968).
Description - A modern take on the original Jolly Fisherman Skegness poster. In this case the main subject is a child running along the beach in wellies, with the original in miniature below. Around the boy are vignettes of the main attractions of Skegness for holidaymakers - pleasure gardens, lido, big wheel, helter-skelter, beach and pier, and the Embassy Centre.
Year Published - 1959
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by British Railways (Eastern Region) (P.P. 7031) 59/60
Printed in Great Britain by Stafford & Co Ltd, Netherfield, Nottingham
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
Folds, paper tape on rear of edge tears, small edge loss to right side. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Wilfred Moody Fryer studied at the Bradford College of Art and at the age of 18 was the only student in his year to be selected for an apprenticeship in the art department of a local printing firm. In 1914, he moved with his wife to Croydon, where he lived for the rest of his life.
For the next ten years he undertook advertising work in London, tackling a variety of subjects in almost every graphic medium, becoming adaptable and versatile, and in 1933 he became a freelance commercial artist. In 1946 he became a founder member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and a founder member of the “Wapping Group of Artists”, a group devoted to painting the London riverscape. In 1960 he became a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. His work was also shown in the the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists.
