James McLauchlan Nairn

[Great Britain][New Zealand] (b 1859/d 1904)

James McLauchlan Nairn arrived in New Zealand in 1890.(..) He was born at Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (..) and  attended school in Glasgow from 1867,being later an apprenticed draughtsman in an architect's office. While working he studied part time at the Glasgow School of Art for four years from 1879. He appears to have become a full-time artist soon after. (..) After arriving in New Zealand by August 1890 he was living in Wellington with Archibald Nairn , his brother , apparently supporting himself by painting and drawing cartoons. (..) In December 1891 Nairn was appointed to teach still-life painting and life drawing at the Wellington Technical School, under the directorship of Arthur Dewhurst Riley. He remained teaching there until his death in 1904. (..) Nairn joined the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts soon after his arrival in Wellington, serving on its council from 1890 to 1903 and as vice president from 1898 to 1900.. (..) James Nairn's influence was felt not only in Wellington but throughout New Zealand. He regularly sent exhibits to art societies in the other centres, furthering his reputation as the country's leading modern painter..

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New Zealand 1900 "Pictorial Series" (4,4,1) [Recess (Government Printer, Wellington)] Sc(101) [ image credit of VirtualNewZealandStamps ]

Melchiorre Melis

[Italy] (b 1889/d 1982)

Melchiorre Melis , painter, illustrator, decorator and Ceramist,was born at Bosa in 1889.. His Artistic skills soon call the attention of the local Community and a studentship allows him to study at the Rome Fine arts Academy..during this period he also learned in the Dullio Cambellotti Studio , where he took the first steps into the world of Graphic Design...in 1919 , after the military Service in Sardinia he started to work as Artistic director and designer in the Magazine 'Rivista Sarda'...This is the time of the first Exhibitions of drawings and Ceramic material...Many projects and Exhibitions later, he was called in 1934 to direct and manage new Tripoli's Arts and Crafts School and the Ceramic Art School and this was a task that keeps him busy until 1942...After returning to Rome , his idea of non collaboration with the Fascist Regime led to a self imposed ' Artistic Retirement' , and only in 1949 he started a new group of Exhibitions... in 1965 he dedicated himself only to painting ..

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Italy 1945/1947 "Various Designs" (19,6,1) [2nd Des (Mazzotta)] [Photo] Sc(465,468,472A,473A)

taly 1945/1951 "Express Mail Stamps" (7,2,1) [2nd Des (Mazzotta)][Photo] Sc(E20,E21,E25)

Arne Wallhorn

[Sweden] (b 1921/d 1994)

Best known for being one of the Sweden Engraving Masters, Arne Wallhorn worked for several countries always spreading his mastery in a discipline that rapidly is being seen as something 'from the past'...He worked for several years in the Swedish Post as an apprentice of Sven Ewert  , other Great engraver , responsible for most of the Swedish stamps from 1931 to 1959 , and in the immediate future he knew Czesław Słania , other World figure of the engraving, just starting also his Swedish Period...He studied at the Technical School (later the College of Arts) in the evenings and continued at the School of Typographical and Advertising Art .... at the age of 21 he was a student of the Graphic Design specialty in the Arts Academy...following this period of continuous learning , he started his work in the Swedish Postal Service and engraved his first stamps in 1953...

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Sweden 1961 "250th Anniversary of Birth of C.G. Pilo (Painter)" (3,1) [Engr (Arne Wallhorn)][Recess] Sc(594,...,596)

Sweden 1967 "Iron Age Helmet Decorations, Oland" (4,4,4) [Engr (C. Slania)][Recess] Sc(727,...,730) [ Image credit of Stampworld]

Sweden 1967/1970 "Various Designs" (8,8,1) [Engr (M. Franzen)][Recess] Sc(737)

Sweden 1968 "Birth Centenary of  Axel Petersson" (3,1) [Engr (Arne Wallhorn)][Recess] Sc(793,...,795)

Sweden 1971 "Various Designs" (3,3,1) [Engr (Arne Wallhorn)][Recess] Sc(739) [ design from painting at Sodra Rada Church ]

Sweden 1973 "Bicentenary of the Swedish Royal Theatre" (2,2,1) [Engr (Arne Wallhorn)][Recess] Sc(992) [ from 'Tintomara' Stage set (B.R. Hedwall)]

Sweden 1974 "Europa/ Sculptures" (2,2,1) [Engr (Arne Wallhorn)][Recess] Sc(1049)

Sweden 1979 "Birth Bicentenary of J.J. Berzelius (Chemist)" (1) [Engr (Arne Wallhorn)][Recess] Sc(1293)

Sweden 1980 "Birth Centenary of Viking Eggeling (Film maker)" (1) [Engr (Arne Wallhorn)][Recess] Sc(1333) [ from motif of Film 'Diagonal Symphony']

Sweden 1982 "Graziella" (1) [Engr (Arne Wallhorn)][Recess] Sc(1400) [ from a etching of Carl Larsson ] [ Image credit of Stampworld]

Sweden 1983 "85th Birth Anniversary of Nils Ferlin (poet)" (1) [Engr (Arne Wallhorn)][Recess] Sc(1447) [ drawing of a statue from K. Bejemark ]

Max Buchholz

[Germany] (b 1878/d 1942)

Max Buchholz, painter, artist and engraver (born 13 February 1878 in Legnica ). He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin and Wroclaw. He was a teacher of Art classes and a member of the association of amateur artists of Gdansk (Danzig). (..)  He designed vignettes to a series of telegrams and postcards with famous citizens of the city: Johannes Hevelius, Daniel Chodowieckego, Arthur Schopenhauer."  He was also a great Stamp Designer...

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Danzig 1921 "AIR MAIL" (6,2,2) [Typo] Sc(C4,...,C9)

Danzig 1921/1922 "Coat of Arms" (4,1) [Typo (J. Sauer)] Sc(77,...,80)

Danzig 1922 "Coat of Arms" (15,3,2) [Typo (J. Sauer)] Sc(94,95)

Danzig 1923 "Coats of Arms" (7,3,3) [Typo] Sc(106,...,112)

Danzig 1923 "Charity" (2,1) [Typo (J. Sauer)] Sc(B4,B5)

Danzig 1924/1939  "Coat of Arms" (23,1) [Typo] Sc(168,...,192)

Danzig 1935 "Winter Relief Fund" (3,3,3) [Typo] Sc(B12,B13,B14) [ image credit of StampWorld ]

Danzig 1936 "125th Anniversary of Brosen" (3,3,3) [Typo] Sc(216,...,218) [ image credit of StampWorld ]

Danzig 1936 "Winter Relief Fund" (5,5,5) [Typo] Sc(B15,...,B19) [ image credit of StampWorld ]

Danzig 1937 "Winter Relief Fund" (5,5,5) [Typo] Sc(B23,...,B27) [ image credit of StampWorld ]

[ Updates are possible , because there are some Air Mail stamps issued in 1923 and 1924 that look's like design work of Max Buchholz, but I don't have any catalog data that verify this fact... ]