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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer Swindon sportsman blue.jpg Portrait photo of a young sportsman at Swindon Wiltshire England in the 1920s or 30s The badge represents the Army Physical Training Corps The sub-captain rank possibly indicates that he is a footballer From a postcard deposited at Swindon Record Office and scanned and uploaded by them to Flickr The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent ca 1905-1920 and of 6 Cromwell Street Swindon ca 1920-1936 He is believed to have died 1936-1939 ;Points of interest The glossy hair-oil the clean vest singlet in US and the pose with folded arms were the norm for sports portraits in the 1920s-1930s era The artistic technique of finding beauty in irregularity of shape was part of a very modern style typified in Picasso's blue period So the style of the portrait would indicate that Palmer was aware of current artistic movements and ideas This young man is not the most handsome subject but Palmer has made a strikingly beautiful work of art http //www flickr com/photos/swindonlocal/5539643044/ 1920-1930s Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright The original image is here File Fred C Palmer portrait of sportsman jpg PD-art-70 Fred C Palmer of Swindon Portrait photographs of men Male sportspeople People of the British Army | ||||
