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Cyril Kenneth Bird, official war artistCyril Kenneth Bird CBE (1887 - 1965)
Biography

Cyril Bird went under the pen name of Fougasse. He was born in London and was seriously injured at the battle of Gallipoli in the First World War. In 1916 he made his first contribution to Punch magazine, and went on to contribute to several British newspapers and magazines. Between 1937 – 1949, he became the art editor at Punch, and during the Second World War, offered his talents for free for the Ministry of Information, designing humorous propaganda posters, including the famous “Careless Talk Costs Lives”.


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careless talk costs lives, cyril bird
DON'T WASTE FUEL CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES
 



[Paul Nash] [Augustus John] [Austin Spare] [Bruce Bairnsfarther] [Alfred Lee] [David Bomberg] [Eric Ravilious] [William Rothenstein] [Leonard Raven-Hill] [Frank Brangwyn] [John Lavery] [Francis Dodd] [Stanley Spencer] [Mervyn Peake] [Muirhead Bone] [Cyril-Bird] [William Roberts] [William Orpen] [Mark Gertler] [Philip Steer] [John Hassall] [Wyndham Lewis]



Marianne, war poster, photo, wwi, wwii
Marianne


A Chance Shot, war poster, photo, wwi, wwii
A Chance Shot


Paratroopers, war poster, photo, wwi, wwii
Paratroopers


Irishmen, war poster, photo, wwi, wwii
Irishmen


Americas tribute to Britain, war poster, photo, wwi, wwii
Americas tribute to Britain


Pull Together Men, war poster, photo, wwi, wwii
Pull Together Men


Mighty YB-17 Bomber, war poster, photo, wwi, wwii
Mighty YB-17 Bomber