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Village and Town S R Badmin The genius of Badmin perfectly expressed in his work for the Puffin Picture Book series. In this title Badmin and Carrington summarise the challenges of post-war teconstruction and celebrate the diverse architecture of England, it’s towns and villages. Badmin had a jeweller’s eye and his work on lithographic plates is little short of miraculous. #srbadmin #villageandtown #autolithography #puffinpicturebook #architecture https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsm8-bPArPS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g9zjxexbjkn4

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Winter work in the orchard S.R. Badmin Was there ever a better illustrator of trees? Badmin was surely one of the finest illustrators, with a jewellers eye he loved to portray the natural world and the English countryside. Royle cards, who published many of his watercolours, boasted that there wasn’t a Christmas mantelpiece that didn’t feature a Badmin card. This is from his 1955 Puffin, Farm Crops in Britain. #farmcrops #trees #srbadmin #puffinpicturebook #orchard #farminginbritain #noelcarrington

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Village and Town S R Badmin Rear cover from one of my favourite Puffin Picture Books. Badmin created this modernist collage from photographs that Noel Carrington borrowed from Jim Richards, the editor of Architectural Review. Lubetkin, and Holden are featured on this cover and others inside. #villageandtown #lubetkin #charlesholden #puffinpicturebook #noelcarrington #modernism #modernarchitecture #srbadmin #badmin #midcenturymodern

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Come & Explore BRITAIN S.R.Badmin detail from a 1950s poster for the USA market encouraging Americans to visit Britain. Illustrated by Badmin, a genius of Illustration, who perhaps has fallen out of favour with his ‘chocolate box’ portrayal of an idealised countryside paintings of the post war. A superbly skilled craftsman though and I do like the hikers and coach. #chromoworks #srbadmin #badmin #visitbritain #tourist #coachtours #hiking #nostalgia

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The Limestone Village S.R.Badmin The genius of Badmin, shown here in his autolithographed Puffin Picture Book, Village and Town, published in 1941, almost a child's version of Kenneth Clark's Recording Britain project. How Badmin managed to capture such detail by drawing on dull grey lithographic plates is quite astonishing and showcases his skills as an engraver. One of my heroes. #villageandtown #limestonevillage #badmin #srbadmin #autolithography #puffinpicturebook @penguincollsoc

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Beech in winter & summer. S R Badmin. The genius of Badmin! Lithographed on grey zinc plates during the war Badmin's lithography was in a different league to almost anyone. A jewellers eye for detail and his skills an an engraver were gifted to these humble Puffin Picture Books, on sale at just 6d! #treesinbritain #srbadmin #puffinpicturebooks #lithography

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Trees. The genius of Badmin who lithographed this for the Puffin Picture Book on Trees. In any pantheon of the best illustrated book of the last century this would surely feature. #trees #lithography #badmin #srbadmin #genius #illustration #printmaking #puffin #puffinpicturebook #pattern #noelcarrington #penguin

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Trees by Badmin. The genius of Badmin's work was never better seen than in his Puffin on Trees, surely one of the outstanding lithographic books of the 20th Century. #badmin #lithography #printmaking #cowells #tree #trees #pattern #illustration #oaks #puffinpicturebook #penguinbooks #noelcarrington #srbadmin