Games, Abram

Games, Abram
▪ 1997

      British graphic designer best known for the World War II posters he created while serving as official war poster designer for England; his works were noted for their vividness and clarity and bore the influences of Futurism, Abstraction, and Surrealism (b. July 29, 1914—d. Aug. 27, 1996).

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