CYRIL BIRD, War Artist

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Cyril Kenneth Bird CBE (1887 - 1965) Biography Cyril Bird went under the pen name of Fougasse. He was born in London and was seriously injured at the battle of Gallipoli in the First World War. In 1916 he made his first contribution to Punch magazine, and went on to contribute to several British newspapers and magazines. Between 1937 – 1949, he became the art editor at Punch, and during the Second World War, offered his talents for free for the Ministry of Information, designing humorous propaganda posters, including the famous “Careless Talk Costs Lives”. Cyril Bird's Artwork DON'T WASTE FUEL CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES   [Paul Nash] [Augustus John] [Austin Spare] [Bruce Bairnsfarther] [Alfred Lee] [David Bomberg] [Eric Ravilious] [William Rothenstein] [Leonard Raven-Hill] [Frank Brangwyn] [John Lavery] [Francis Dodd] [Stanley Spencer] [Mervyn Peake] [Muirhead Bone] [Cyril-Bird] [William Roberts] [William Orpen] [Mark Gertler] [Philip Steer] [John Hassall] [Wyndham Lewis] [Home] [World War I Posters] [World War Artists] [War Photos] [War Poets] [WWII Desktop] [World War Links] [Sitemap] [Detailed Sitemap]