Lot #50: Pair of Signed Art Deco Posters Theo Dimson RCA Framed Art Canadian Graphic Artist

Art Deco style advertising posters, framed in metal and glass, ready to hang, for Strategic Metals by Canadian Graphic artist Theo Dimson (1930-2012). Falcon themed, Ferronickel signed in lower right. Although they are Art Deco in style, they are from 1981. SIze: 20" x 26" each. Dimson founded Reeson, Dimson & Smith, a graphic design firm of which he was president and creative director. The firm created ads for many Canadian companies, including graphic deco advertising art for Falconbridge Nickel of Sudbury. As an advertising ploy, Falconbridge promised an autographed poster to anyone who wrote to the company. Dimson was the author of Great Canadian Posters and was commissioned by Canada Post to create stamps. He has had solo shows at Marci Lipman Graphics in Toronto in 1978 and at the Royal Ontario Museum in 1993-94. He was awarded the Senior Arts Fellowship by the Canada Council, the award of merit from the Directors Club of Toronto and Montreal, as well as awards from many other clubs. Dimson was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts, Associate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, Fellow of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, Alliance graphique international, and the Advertising & Design Club of Canada in Toronto. Pickup category timeslot {B}