James Hart (artist) explained

James Hart
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Illustrator
Years Active:	1940s & 1950s

James Hart (fl. 1940s and 1950s) was a British illustrator. He is known for his work for the Radio Times, including several cover illustrations,^{[1] [2]} one of which was for the special 1947 "Radiolympia" number^[3] and another for the 1957 Christmas edition, depicting a red-breasted robin, holding a sprig of red-berried holly, in an otherwise monochrome setting. Tony Currie, who in 2001 wrote a history of the Radio Times, described the latter as "one of its most memorable Christmas designs".^[4] It was the magazine's first colour cover since World War II.^[5]

Hart also drew the cover of the Radio Times Annual 1956.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Front Cover . . 8 April 1955 . 135 . 1639 . 1 . BBC.
2. Front Cover . . 20 December 1957 . 137 . 1780 . 1 . BBC.
3. Front Cover . . 26 September 1947 . 1250 . 1 .
4. Book: Currie, Tony . Kelly . 978-1-903053-09-6 . The Radio Times Story . 94 . 2001 .
5. Taylor . Julia . August 2013 . From Sound to Print in Pre-War Britain: the Cultural and Commercial Interdependence between Broadcasters and Broadcasting Magazines in the 1930s . 103 . .
6. Web site: Radio Times ANNUAL 1956 . 26 December 2018 .