Leonard Beaumont was an English printmaker, graphic designer, illustrator and publisher.
18 Facts About Leonard Beaumont
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Leonard Beaumont was one of the earliest exponents of the new art of linocut printmaking in Britain during the early 1930s.
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Leonard Beaumont was one of a small group of progressive and highly regarded printmakers who exhibited at the Redfern and Ward Galleries in central London.
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Leonard Beaumont was awarded a full-time scholarship, however his artistic career was cut short by the outbreak of World War One, in which he served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves in India and Ceylon.
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Leonard Beaumont married Gertrude Roberts in 1921 and shared a joint passion for Russian politics, film and literature.
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Leonard Beaumont travelled extensively throughout mainland Europe and produced his first significant collection of etchings, several of which were shown in London at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibitions.
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Leonard Beaumont designed and built his own printing press which he installed in his home.
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Leonard Beaumont was elected a member of several important printmaking societies in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Leonard Beaumont's etchings were highly praised by the two preeminent critics of the day, Malcolm Charles Salaman and Campbell Dodgson.
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Leonard Beaumont's etchings were essentially topographical views, reinterpretations of sketches produced whilst on holiday in Continental Europe.
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Leonard Beaumont was elected a member of the Society of Industrial Artists in 1942.
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Leonard Beaumont was elected a Fellow of the Society of Industrial Artists in 1947.
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Leonard Beaumont was one of fourteen shortlisted designers to submit proposals for commemorative British stamps for the 1948 London Olympic Games.
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Leonard Beaumont was appointed the first design consultant for the supermarket giant, Sainsbury's in 1950.
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Leonard Beaumont revolutionised the company's approach to design, packaging and corporate branding.
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Leonard Beaumont undertook a wide variety of freelance design work, including the front cover artwork for the 'Illustrated Review of British Goods' for the 1951 Festival of Britain.
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Leonard Beaumont retired from Sainsbury's in 1964 and took up black and white photography.
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Leonard Beaumont died aged 95 in Hathersage, Derbyshire in 1986.