Albert Angus Turbayne (May 3, 1866 – April 29, 1940) was an American
book design
Book design is the art of incorporating the content, style, format, design, and sequence of the various components and elements of a book into a coherent unit. In the words of renowned typographer Jan Tschichold (1902–1974), book design, "though ...
er and
bookbinding
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artist.
An example of Turbayne's work
Turbayne was born in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
.
He worked in
London
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for the London County Council School of Photoengraving and Lithography and also for Carlton Studio.
Whilst at Carlton, he worked closely with fellow North American émigrés
William Tracy Wallace and
Norman Mills Price Norman Mills Price (1877–1951) was a Canadian American illustrator known for his work in historical subjects.Reed, p.109
Born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, he studied at the Ontario School of Art, then in London at the Westminster School of Art a ...
. His principal artistic work was the design of books and bindings. He won a bronze medal (third place) for book binding design at the
Exposition Universelle (1900)
The Exposition Universelle of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate developmen ...
in
Paris
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.
Turbayne married in
London
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on two occasions. The first in 1906, to Christine Owens
and the second, to Millicent Tavener (b. 1884), in 1921.
Turbayne and Owens had two sons, William Turbayne (later name change to William Seymour) and John Turbayne, born in 1914, who changed his name to
John Seymour.
Turbayne died in London in 1940.
Works
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References
External links
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Biographical entry on Royal Academy of Arts Collection websiteUNCG American Publishers' Trade Bindings: Albert Angus Turbayne
Bookbinders
1866 births
1940 deaths
Artists from Boston
Book designers
Art Nouveau designers
Art Nouveau illustrators
American illustrators
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