James Hart (artist)

James Hart (fl. 1940s and 1950s) was a British illustrator. He is known for his work for the Radio Times, including several cover illustrations,[1][2] one of which was for the special 1947 "Radiolympia" number[3] and another for the 1957 Christmas edition,[2] depicting a red-breasted robin, holding a sprig of red-berried holly, in an otherwise monochrome setting. Tony Currie, who in 2001 wrote a history of the Radio Times, described the latter as "one of its most memorable Christmas designs".[4] It was the magazine's first colour cover since World War II.[5]

James Hart
NationalityBritish
OccupationIllustrator
Years active1940s & 1950s

Hart also drew the cover of the Radio Times Annual 1956.[6]

References
  1. "Front Cover". Radio Times. Vol. 135, no. 1639. BBC. 8 April 1955. p. 1.
  2. "Front Cover". Radio Times. Vol. 137, no. 1780. BBC. 20 December 1957. p. 1.
  3. "Front Cover". Radio Times. No. 1250. 26 September 1947. p. 1.
  4. Currie, Tony (2001). The Radio Times Story. Kelly. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-903053-09-6.
  5. Taylor, Julia (August 2013). From Sound to Print in Pre-War Britain: the Cultural and Commercial Interdependence between Broadcasters and Broadcasting Magazines in the 1930s (PDF) (Thesis). Bournemouth University. p. 103.
  6. "Radio Times ANNUAL 1956". Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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