Charles Paine

Charles Paine (23 October 1895 – 7 June 1967) was a British artist, illustrator and designer. He designed 31 London Underground posters in the 1920s.

Charles Paine was born on 23 October 1895 in Pendleton, Lancashire, England. He studied at Salford College of Art and graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1919.

It is believed that Platt introduced Paine to Frank Pick, for whom he designed 31 London Underground posters.

As well as London Underground, Paine designed for the Empire Marketing Board, the GPO, Penguin Books, Sundour Fabrics, and produced government propaganda materials during the Second World War.

Legacy Paine's work is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Victoria and Albert Museum. His 1921 London Underground poster, For the Zoo, appears on a 2013 Royal Mail postage stamp.