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 434, Actors Prefer Shell by Edward McKnight Kauffer. Stylised painting of a rectangle mask with an abstract eye and mouth.]()
Actors Prefer Shell
- 1935
- Edward McKnight Kauffer
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![Shell poster number 264, Airmen prefer Shell by Andrew Johnson. Painting of a pilot in close up, sitting in the cockpit of a Gypsy Moth plane.]()
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![Shell poster number 392, Architects Prefer Shell by Hans Feibusch. Painting depicting various architect's equipment, including a compass, ruler and protractor.]()
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![Shell Poster number 544, These people use Shell - Blondes and Brunettes (1939), by Charles Mozley. Painting of two women, one blonde, one dark in hats, standing by a window.]()
Blondes and Brunettes Use Shell
- 1939
- Charles Mozley
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Circus Performers Use Shell
- 1938
- Kavari Schwitzer
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![Shell poster number 538, Farmers use Shell (1939) by John Armstrong. Painting of a farmer in a bowler hat, coat and cravat, smoking a pipe.]()
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![Shell poster number 525 Film stars use Shell (1938) by Cathleen Mann. A fairly abstract painting of a woman in spotlight, holding a shell, whilst two others look on.]()
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![Shell poster number 404, Gardeners Prefer Shell by Sir Cedric Morris. Painting of various bright flowers, including poppies, irises and lilies.]()
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![Shell poster number 515, Guardsmen use Shell by Ben Nicholson. Painting of a guard in a bear skin busby with a palace in the background.]()
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