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John Gilroy - We Want Your Kitchen Waste

We Want Your Kitchen Waste

John Gilroy (English, 1898 – 1985)
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John Gilroy

John Thomas Young Gilroy was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".

Born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained as a teacher. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts.

In 1925, he gained employment at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, where he created the iconic advertisement art for Guinness featuring the Zoo Keeper and animals enjoying Guinness. He worked with Dorothy L. Sayers. He created cover designs for the Radio Times, most famously, in 1936, one depicting a laughing cat. He was also an accomplished portrait painter, numbering royalty, politicians, actors and many others amongst his sitters. He worked in his large studio at 10 Holland Park, London, the former home and studio of Sir Bernard Partridge. He was a long-standing and much loved member of the Garrick Club, where he was created a Life Member and Chairman of the Works of Art Committee 1970–1975. He was awarded and Honorary MA by Newcastle University in 1975, and was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1981

John Gilroy died at Guildford on 11 April 1985.

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In the Biggest of all Wars The Smallest Things Matter – Let’s Not Waste Them

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Never Was So Much Owed By So Many to So Few

Never Was So Much Owed By So Many to So Few

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Your Guns, Tanks, and Universal Carriers are Helping Red Army Win

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The Dutch Fight on to Victory

A. T. Peel (English, 20th Century)
Take a Pride in Being Fighting Fit

Take a Pride in Being Fighting Fit

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Soviet War Poster

Soviet War Poster

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We’re Waiting to Start as Soon as You’re Finished

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Don’t Keep a Diary

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Jenny on the job lifts weight the easy way

Jenny on the job lifts weight the easy way (1943)

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Keep it Under Your Hat – Careless Talk Costs Lives

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Are You Guilty, Your Leaky Water Tap Wastes

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With Your Help We’ll Beat This in the North Atlantic

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Never in the Field of Human Conflict Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few

Never in the Field of Human Conflict Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few

Anonymous
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The Youths of Britain Train to Carry on Britain’s Great Naval Traditions

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This is the Year!

This is the Year!

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