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James Hall Thomson
Jimmy Thompson started his art carrer with the D.C. Thomson organisation in Dundee in 1954 as a cartoonist and caricaturist. After six years he left for a short sojourn with Scottish Daily Mail in Edinburgh where he further developed his aptitude for caricature, moving briefly into the political arena.
Returning to Dundee he was to spend the next 24 years with Valentines of Dundee as a humorous greetings card designer. During this period his caricature work continued. Apart from the Glasgow Herald, Daily Record and Sunday Mail his main outlet was the Melody Maker being a weekly contributor for 13 years. Some 700 drawings later and with the advent of Punk his commission ended as new editorial staff took over.
In 1984 his drawings of the Beatles, previously published in Melody maker were installed in the "Art of the Beatles" exhibition in Liverpool. The exhibition travelled to Japan and Germany in 1988. His caricature work has also appeared in publications such as New Society, Jazz Journal, Celebrity, Film Review and on book-jackets and in advertising. He retired from commercial work in 1995
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Description
4 uncatalogued postcards feat.drawings of The Beatles (used in Melody Maker, 1975)
Date
70s
