Richard Beck b. 1912

Also known as R. B.
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Designer (Graphic Designer)
Beck practised as an industrial designer and graphic artist in the UK and Australia. He designed travel posters for the Orient Line, London Transport, stamps for Australia Post and the 1956 Melbourne Olympics among others. His package design work is illustrated in R. Haughton James, The Arts in Australia series, "Commercial Art", Longmans, 1963.
Tags: Posters, Industrial design, Stamps, Packaging, Graphic artist
exhibited at
Richard Beck: designer/photographer
Date
1996
Place
Horsham Art Gallery, VIC
Description

The first survey of this important British/Australian designer/photographer Richard Beck.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
State Library of QLD catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Hathaway, Merle, Richard Beck: designer/photographer. Horsham, Vic: Horsham Art Gallery, 1996
12p: ill. ; 30 cm.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Photography, Design
exhibited at
Some Australian artists
Date
1979
Place
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC
Description

Organised by the Art Gallery of WA and the Australian Gallery Director’s Council and toured to Warnambool Art Gallery and other locations. An exhibition of 92 photographs of well known Australian artists taken by Hal Missingham and Richard Beck.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NT annual report; State Library of QLD catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Some Australian artists: photographs by Richard Beck and Hal Missingham. [Perth, WA]: s,n., [1979]
1 sheet (5p); 26 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Duo, Photography
exhibited at
Herald outdoor art show 1971
Date
26 February 1971 - 8 March 1971
Place
Treasury Gardens, Melbourne, Australia
Type
Exhibition