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Maurice Greiffenhagen (15 December 1862 – 26 December 1931Tate Collection biography
Tate Online, retrieved 27 Oct 2011) was a British painter and Royal Academician. He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes.
He was born in 
Greiffenhagen also created distinctive commercial posters, including a colourful 1894 advertisement for ''Pall Mall Budget'' magazine which "created a distinct sensation among the younger men" according to one contemporary periodical. In 1924, he created "The Gateway of the North", one of the most popular travel posters in a series commissioned by
Maurice Greiffenhagen (15 December 1862 – 26 December 1931Tate Collection biographyTate Online, retrieved 27 Oct 2011) was a British painter and Royal Academician. He illustrated books and designed posters as well as painting idyllic landscapes.
He was born in London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
. Exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purp ...
from 1884, he was made an Associate Member in 1916 and a Royal Academician in 1922. From 1906 until 1926, he taught at the Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and ...
. Greiffenhagen exhibited at the first exhibition of the Society of Graphic Art
The Society of Graphic Art for Pornographique (renamed Society of Graphic Fine Art in 1984) is a British arts organisation established in 1999.
History
The Society of Graphic Art (SGA) was founded in 1999 by Frank Lewis Emanuel
Frank Lewis Eman ...
in 1921.
His friendship with H Rider Haggard led to him illustrating the author's popular adventure books, starting with an edition of '' She: A History of Adventure'' in 1889 – though Greiffenhagen apparently "disliked doing black-and-white work".P B Ellis, ''H. Rider Haggard: A Voice from the Infinite''. 1978. Routledge. p179 He illustrated the serialisation of '' Ayesha The Return of She'' (1904–05) and that of ''The Holy Flower
''The Holy Flower'' (known as ''Allan and the Holy Flower'' in America) is a 1915 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. It was serialised in ''The Windsor Magazine'' from issue 228 (December 1913) to 239 (November 1914), illustrat ...
'' (1913–14) in the ''Windsor Magazine
''The Windsor Magazine'' was a monthly illustrated publication produced by Ward Lock & Co from January 1895 to September 1939 (537 issues).
The title page described it as "An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women".
It was bound as six-monthly ...
''.
He also illustrated a number of Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
's ''Sanders of the River'' books for the ''Windsor Magazine'': ''The Keepers of the King's Peace'' (1916–17), ''Lieutenant Bones'' (1917–18) and ''Sandi, The Kingmaker'' (1921).
Greiffenhagen's 1891 painting, ''An Idyll'', inspired D H Lawrence
David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer, novelist, poet and essayist. His works reflect on modernity, industrialization, sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. His best-k ...
's novel ''The White Peacock
''The White Peacock'' is the first novel by D. H. Lawrence, published in 1911, though with 1910 on the title page. Lawrence started the novel in 1906 and then rewrote it three times. The early versions had the working title of ''Laetitia.''
...
''. The painting had "a profound effect" on the author, who wrote:
''As for Greiffenhagen's 'Idyll', it moves me almost as if I were in love myself. Under its intoxication, I have flirted madly this Christmas.''In 1910, Greiffenhagen illustrated a book of poems by Charles F. Parsons entitled ''Some Thoughts at Eventide''.
Greiffenhagen also created distinctive commercial posters, including a colourful 1894 advertisement for ''Pall Mall Budget'' magazine which "created a distinct sensation among the younger men" according to one contemporary periodical. In 1924, he created "The Gateway of the North", one of the most popular travel posters in a series commissioned by London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...
.E Burke, ''The Annual Register of World Events: A Review,'' Volume 173. 1932. Longmans, Green. p139
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