Title - Scarborough Open Air Theatre - A Pageant Of Tannhauser.
Location - Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.
Artist - Frank H Mason (1875-1965).
Description - Exceptionally rich dark blue provides the background to Frank Mason's marvellous bright and colourful depiction of the summer evening Open Air Theatre at Scarborough's North Bay, in Northstead Manor Gardens. Wagner's Tannhauser is being performed on the island stage situated in it's small lake. The original theatre opened in 1932, with spectacular shows every summer for decades after, until its closure in 1986. The current incarnation of the theatre opened in 2010 and is very popular.
Year Published - 1938
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage LNER British Railway Travel Poster.
Published by The London & North Eastern Railway
Printed in England by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd, Lith. London W.C.2.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, un-conserved.
Excellent, one small edge tear with acid-free tape, diagonal crease. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Frank H Mason was born Frank Henry Algernon Mason in 1875, in County Durham, the son of a railway clerk. By 1900 he had decided to be a full time artist. During WWI he was a shipping war artist of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. A number of his paintings from that period are in the Imperial War Museum. From the 1920s he produced the artwork for a huge number of posters for the railway companies. He was elected to both the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. He was exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1902 onwards, and is represented in many galleries.