Arthur Barbosa
| Barbosa, Arthur | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Artur Ernesto Teixeira de Vasconcelos Barbosa 6 March 1908 Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Died | 5 October 1995 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Liverpool School of Art Heatherley School of Fine Art Central School of Art |
| Known for | Illustration |
Artur Ernesto Teixeira de Vasconcelos Barbosa (6 March 1908 - 5 October 1995) was an artist most well known for his distinctive cover illustrations for Georgette Heyer and George Macdonald Fraser's The Flashman Papers novels, which he produced for 17 and 25 years respectively.
Although always anglicising his first name, he disliked modern familiarity and preferred being known as Barbosa. He was born in Liverpool, his father was a Portuguese vice-consul, and his mother half-French. He attended St Edward's School, Oxford and later studied at Liverpool School of Art, Heatherley School of Fine Art and the Central School of Art. His first successful exhibitions were in London where he was a founder member of the Pandemonium Group alongside Nicolas Bentley, Eliot Hodgkin and Victor Reinganum. He illustrated for Everybody's Weekly and the Radio Times and produced his first book covers for London publishers.
In 1928 he worked on the interior of St Andrew's Church, West Kirby, designing the organ case, pew fronts and six-foot candlesticks.
From 1930 he began working as a designer for theatre, working with Andre Charlot, Kenneth Duffield and Cecil Landauin. At this time he also illustrated for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, The Sketch, The Bystander, Night and Day and the The Queen.
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