Explore the Shell Heritage Art Collection
The Shell Heritage Art Collection is one of the most important collections of 20th Century British commercial art. Featuring the work of well-known modern British artists, some selected posters from the Collection can viewed here.
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![Shell poster number 1555, Catalytic Cracking Plant, Stanlow, Cheshire (1952) by Terence Cuneo. Detailed painting of the catalytic cracking plant in Cheshire, with cooling tower in the background.]()
Catalytic Cracking Plant, Stanlow, Cheshire
- 1952
- Terence Cuneo
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![Shell poster number 106, Man in bed and car (1925) I must have Shell", artist not given. Painting of a man in a bed, an anthropomorphic car is at the end of the bed pointing at him.]()
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![Shell poster number 177, Recommended for the Morris (1928), no artist given. Painting of the front of a Morris car with the caption; "Lubricant recommended for the Morris, double Shell Oil, Modern Lubrication for Modern Motors."]()
Lubricant Recommended for the Morris
- 1928
- Shell Studio
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![Shell poster number 193, Bathing by Tom Purvis (1928). Stylised painting of a modern day bather (1920s), with another in the background dressed more modestly. Caption reads; Modern days - modern ways, Shell Lubricating Oil for modern motors."]()
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![Shell poster number 483, New Shell lubricating oils by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Painting shows an oil can decorated with a red figure holding a shell above it's head.]()
New Shell Lubricating Oils
- 1937
- Edward McKnight Kauffer
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![Shell poster number 137, Now the Sealed Oil Cabinet, Shell Studio (1926). Painting of a Shell Sealed Cabinet and oversized key, text reads; "Now the Sealed oil cabinet - and no can to pay for!"]()
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![Shell poster number 1532, Pool Today but Shell Tomorrow (1952) by Barnett Freedman. Poster to celebrate the end of rationing using oranges and yellows, with an illustration of the top of a Shell Petrol pump.]()
Pool Today but Shell Tomorrow
- 1952
- Barnett Freedman
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![Shell poster number 117, Pump Attendant and Car (How to buy oil) by Tom Purvis (1925). Painting of a man with an oil can next to a Shell sealed cabinet, a female motorists seated in her car smiles at him.]()
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![Shell poster number 144, Quality Tells - flat racing by George Denholm Armour (1926). Painting of a horse and jockey crossing a finish line while the crowd looks on. Caption reads; "Quality Tells".]()
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