James Hart (fl. 1940s and 1950s) was a British illustrator. He is known for his work for the Radio Times, including several cover illustrations,[1][2] one of which was for the special 1947 "Radiolympia" number[3] and another for the 1957 Christmas edition,[2] depicting a red-breasted robin, holding a sprig of red-berried holly, in an otherwise monochrome setting. Tony Currie, who in 2001 wrote a history of the Radio Times, described the latter as "one of its most memorable Christmas designs".[4] It was the magazine's first colour cover since World War II.[5]
Hart also drew the cover of the Radio Times Annual 1956.[6]
References
- ^ "Front Cover". Radio Times. Vol. 135, no. 1639. BBC. 8 April 1955. p. 1.
- ^ a b "Front Cover". Radio Times. Vol. 137, no. 1780. BBC. 20 December 1957. p. 1.
- ^ "Front Cover". Radio Times. No. 1250. 26 September 1947. p. 1.
- ^ Currie, Tony (2001). The Radio Times Story. Kelly. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-903053-09-6.
- ^ Taylor, Julia (August 2013). From Sound to Print in Pre-War Britain: the Cultural and Commercial Interdependence between Broadcasters and Broadcasting Magazines in the 1930s (PDF) (Thesis). Bournemouth University. p. 103.
- ^ "Radio Times ANNUAL 1956". Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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