Cecil W. Bacon

Cecil Walter Bacon, MSIA (24 August 1905 – 12 August 1992), who signed his work "CWB", was a British artist and illustrator. Much of his work was in the art deco style.

Bacon was born in Battle, Sussex, England, where his father was a businessman who ran a tannery.

During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force as a Leading Aircraftsman, before, in 1942, being assigned to work producing propaganda artwork for the Ministry of Information.

After the war, he produced designs for, among others, British Railways and the Post Office Savings Bank. He was adept at scraperboard work, and in 1951 wrote a book on the topic. He also illustrated a number of books, and designed book jackets, including those for first editions of early works by Raymond Chandler.

Bacon married Irene Proctor in 1929; they had two sons. He died on 12 August 1992. A number of his posters are in the collection of the London Transport Museum. A retrospective exhibition, Designer's Progress, took place in 1984 at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery.