{"id":3800,"date":"2023-07-31T14:21:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrposter.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3800"},"modified":"2024-08-08T14:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T18:55:51","slug":"king-lear-pual-davis-vintage-posters","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.mrposter.com\/es\/producto\/king-lear-pual-davis-vintage-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Davis Posters | King Lear | Vintage Posters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Davis, Paul, King Lear, Film, United States, England, 1984, Film Posters, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Calder-Marshall, John Hurt, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lang, Mobil Showcase, Mobil Presents, Near Mint Condition, Peter Ustinov, crown, white hair, beard,<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i><b>King Lear<\/b><\/i>\u00a0is a\u00a0<a title=\"Shakespearean tragedy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shakespearean_tragedy\">tragedy<\/a>\u00a0written by\u00a0<a title=\"William Shakespeare\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Shakespeare\">William Shakespeare<\/a>. It is loosely based on the mythological\u00a0<a title=\"Leir of Britain\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leir_of_Britain\">Leir of Britain<\/a>. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters\u00a0<a title=\"Goneril\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goneril\">Goneril<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Regan (King Lear)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regan_(King_Lear)\">Regan<\/a>, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning love. The King&#8217;s third daughter,\u00a0<a title=\"Cordelia (King Lear)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cordelia_(King_Lear)\">Cordelia<\/a>, is offered a third of his kingdom also, but refuses to be insincere in her praise and affection.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup> She instead offers the respect of a daughter and is disowned by Lear who seeks flattery. Regan and Goneril subsequently break promises to host Lear and his entourage, so he opts to become homeless and destitute, goes insane, and the French King married to Cordelia invades Britain to restore order and Lear&#8217;s rule. In a subplot, Edmund, the illegitimate son of Gloucester, betrays his brother and father. Tragically, Lear, Cordelia and several other main characters die. This poster is from the 1983 film starring <strong>Laurence Olivier<\/strong>. The poster artist <strong>Paul Brook Davis<\/strong>, better known as <strong>Paul Davis<\/strong>, was born in 1938 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centrahoma,_Oklahoma\">Centrahoma<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oklahoma\">Oklahoma<\/a>. Davis won a scholarship to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/School_of_Visual_Arts\">School of Visual Arts<\/a>\u00a0and at the age of 17 moved to New York. There, he studied with outstanding illustrators\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Hays\">Philip Hays<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Weaver_(illustrator)\">Robert Weaver<\/a>, and graphic designer and artist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Tscherny\">George Tscherny<\/a>. While still a student, Davis produced his first commissioned illustration, a pencil drawing that appeared in the October 1959 issue of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Playboy\">Playboy<\/a><\/em>\u00a0magazine. After finishing his courses at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/School_of_Visual_Arts\">School of Visual Arts<\/a>, he was hired by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milton_Glaser\">Milton Glaser<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seymour_Chwast\">Seymour Chwast<\/a>, partners in the groundbreaking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Push_Pin_Studios\">Push Pin Studios<\/a>. In 1968, Davis was invited by Galerie Delpire in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\">Paris<\/a>, France, to have his first solo exhibition of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Painting\">paintings<\/a>, and in 1977, Gilles deBure, curator of the Galerie d&#8217;Actualit\u00e9 in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Centre_Georges_Pompidou\">Centre Georges Pompidou<\/a>, presented a solo exhibition of Davis&#8217;s work as part of the museum&#8217;s opening festivities. Davis&#8217;s distinctive paintings and posters for advertising, publishing and entertainment also have been the subject of museum and gallery exhibitions throughout Japan and Italy, and in cities around the U.S., including a retrospective at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philbrook_Museum_of_Art\">Philbrook Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0in his native Tulsa. Davis&#8217;s work is included in collections throughout the world, and poster collection of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museum_of_Modern_Art\">MoMa<\/a>\u00a0in New York. In 1987, The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drama_Desk_Award\">Drama Desk<\/a>\u00a0created a special award<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Brooks_Davis#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0to recognize Davis&#8217;s iconic posters for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joseph_Papp\">Joseph Papp<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Public_Theater\">Public Theater<\/a>, and he is in the Hall of Fame of both the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Art_Directors_Club#1995\">Art Directors Club<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Society_of_Illustrators\">Society of Illustrators<\/a>. He is also a recipient of the coveted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_AIGA_medalists\">AIGA Medal<\/a>, and of honorary doctorates from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/School_of_Visual_Arts\">School of Visual Arts<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maryland_Institute_College_of_Art\">Maryland Institute College of Art<\/a>. He is a Fellow of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Academy_in_Rome\">American Academy in Rome<\/a>\u00a0and a vice-president of their Society of Fellows.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3801,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[31],"product_tag":[5058,5180,5181,5057,5179,5064,5042],"class_list":{"0":"post-3800","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-film","7":"product_tag-filmposters","8":"product_tag-kinglear","9":"product_tag-laurenceolivier","10":"product_tag-movieposters","11":"product_tag-pauldavis","12":"product_tag-theaterposters","13":"product_tag-vintageposters","14":"pa_artist-davis-paul-b-1938","15":"pa_director-author-william-shakespeare","16":"pa_genre-film","17":"pa_grading-near-mint","18":"pa_poster-country-of-origin-united-states","19":"pa_poster-year-2985","21":"first","22":"instock","23":"shipping-taxable","24":"purchasable","25":"product-type-simple","26":"czr-hentry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paul Davis Posters | King Lear | Vintage Posters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Own this captivating 1983 poster by the famous artist Paul Davis for Shakespeare\u00b4s King Lear. 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