Stamp Art

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Edward Caruana Dingli

[Malta] (b 1876/d 1950)

"Born into an artistic family in Valletta in 1876, Edward Dingli had a knack for drawing from a very young age. In 1913 he gave up his military service to fulfil his long standing ambition of becoming a full-time artist. He was well connected with the Maltese elite as well as the British government in Malta, and as a result had no problem finding work. His talent and dedication saw him rise to the top in his field, and he in fact led the artistic scene in Malta through the first half of the 20th century. Artistically, he was direct heir to Giuseppe Cali, his friend and mentor, and passed the baton on to his own students at the Malta Government School of Art. Edward Caruana Dingli continued painting until his death in 1950."

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Biography : MaltaInsideOut.com
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Detailed Biography and Photo : Archive.maltatoday.com.mt
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Edward Caruana Dingli and His Portraits.pdf
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Malta 1922/1926 "Definitive Series" (17,2,1) [Typo] Sc(98,...,108,114)

Malta

Stamp Designers from Malta

[MLT] Edward Caruana Dingli

[MLT] Emvin Cremona

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Gerhard Marggraff

[Germany] (b 1892/d ?)

"Gerhard Marggraff has started his career as Painter and Graphic Artist ... later he has developed into an advertising Artist whose works show full maturity and is further distinguished by Economy in the use of colors and clarity in Line and form..." Margraff clearly spent his first years of work in the Advertising world, with the creation of many posters, paintings and drawings, starting from early as 1912... during the 20's and 30's his activity embrace also the design and development of typeface's...so the "Margraff Light Italic" in 1929 and the "Marggraff Deutsch" in 1939 were born and became the best known part of his Work...

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Germany 1942 "Parcel Post" (1) [Typo] Sc(MQ1)

Germany 1943 "Eagle & Numeral" (1) [Photo (Vienna)] Sc(B217)

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Stevan Dohanos [1st Part (1959/1970) ]

[USA] (b 1907/d 1994)

"Stevan Dohanos attended the Cleveland School of Art ... He was nationally known as an illustrator and magazine cover artist, particularly for his work appearing in The Saturday Evening Post, for which he created over 125 covers. (..) He worked in fine Art as well as in commercial Art and was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters and the Society of Illustrators. (..) In the 1960s he became chairman of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, which selected Art to appear on United States postage stamps."

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USA 1959 "10th Anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization" (1) [Recess] Sc(1127)