Commercial artist, born in London, and studied art at the London Polytechnic. He came to New Zealand in the mid-1920s and in 1927 joined the staff of Filmcraft as an artist. Joined the Government Film and Publicity Studios in 1936, and subsequently became Art Director of the National Publicity Studios, until his retirement. He was responsible for many of the working models in the 1940 Centennial Exhibition, and in association with overseas designers, helped in the layout of many of the other courts. He was also responsible for the New Zealand courts in the Sydney and Singapore exhibitions, as well as for many Government courts in exhibitions in London. He was an active member of the Emergency precautions Scheme during the Second World War. Brother of Herbert Bridgman. Date of birth taken from age at time of death (according to BDM index). See obituary in Evening Post, 24 February 1966, page 11.
Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966
New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Publicity :New Zealand's first century, 1840-194...
Date: 1939
By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966
Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1939-01
Description: Brochure cover shows a coloured montage of photography and illustration by George Bridgman. The rest of the brochure is in black and white and shows photographs or tourists in scenic landscapes. The text describes New Zealand's first century, and promotes the Southern Alps and Fiordland. The verso is entitled: Wellington New Zealand welcomes you to the Centennial Exhibition 1939-40; and shows photographs of Wellington scenes, and female models engaged in leisure pursuits. There is an architectural perspective drawing showing part of the Centennial Exhibition buildings. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, on both sides of brochure, unfolded to 465 x 705 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in 2005.
Various artists :[New Zealand bookplates commissioned by persons whose names begin with...
Date: 1862 - 1955
From: The Graham Bookplate Collection; bookplates collected by David H Graham. [1500-1950s]
By: Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; Brown, Elizabeth, active 1954; Crane, Walter, 1845-1915; Hill, Mabel, 1872-1956; Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989; Manchester, Nan, active 1952; Mills, Marjory Hinemoa, 1896-1987; Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965; Percy, William Stratford, 1872-1946; Praetorius, Charles William James, 1868-1956; Rule, Percival Watts, 1889-1953; Smith, Doris R M, active 1940s?; Souter, David Henry, 1862-1935; Sutton, William Alexander, 1917-2000; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Tilsley, Lydia Louise, 1898-1983; Tornquist, Herbert Richard, 1897-1969; Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra, 1894-1982
Reference: BOOKPLATES-GRAHAM-NZ-T
Description: Arranged in boxes alphabetically according to the name of the person for whom the plate was made. Contains plates made for: C M T (engraving, n.d.) Douglas S Tait (by Nan Manchester, 1952) John Tattersall (by E Mervyn Taylor) Tauhara Book Club (by John Moore, Eastbourne) Tawa Flat School Library (1941) C R H Taylor (n.d.) E Mervyn Taylor (by himself, 1949) Joye Taylor (by Elizabeth Brown, 1954) Terence Taylor (by E Mervyn Taylor) T J Taylor (by W A Sutton, 1951) Hugh B Tennent (heraldic, n.d.) D E Theomin (by Mabel Hill, 1925) Minnie Thomas (by Marjorie H Mills, n.d.) W H Preston Thomas (by E. M., 1947) Annie Sinclair Thomson 1862-1940 (Printed by J Wilkie Dunedin) Miss Monique Thorpe (by Louise Tilsley 1935-36) Timaru Boys' High School Library (by Percy Watts Rule, 1934) Charmion Tornquist (by Herbert R Tornquist, n.d.) Tornquist (by Herbert R Tornquist, n.d.) NZ Government Tourist Bureau (by George Bridgman, 1945) James Treloar (by Doris R M Smith) H J Trembath (n.d.) Walt Whitman Library collected by W H Trimble donated [to Hocken Library] by his daughter D H Stewart (by H Towse?, 1927) Tripp (heraldic, n.d.) H & E Tuck (by Hilda Wiseman, 1940) Alexander Turnbull Library (four by unknown artist, plus plates by Walter Crane, D H Souter (2), and C Praetorius) Robert Turnbull (by W S Percy) R G Turnidge (by N Lonsdale, 1936) I H Twentyman (heraldic, n.d.) Quantity: 38 b&w art print(s) on bookplates.. Physical Description: Engravings, etchings Provenance: Donated by David Graham in the 1950s.
Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas 1897?-1966 :[Walter Nash. 1940s?]
Date: 1940 - 1950
By: Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966
Reference: B-017-020
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of New Zealand Prime Minister Walter Nash, in middle age. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - G. F. Bridgman [in charcoal] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, charcoal and white chalk 376 x 248 mm
[New Zealand. Transport Department?] :Please drive carefully! [Collection of seven cind...
Date: 1938
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to road safety, driving and transport]
By: New Zealand. Transport Department; Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971
Reference: Eph-A-SAFETY-Road-1938-01
Description: Cinderella stickers, all except one with the words "Please drive carefully!" at the bottom. Individual wording includes: Holidays - record traffic - record risk! (Shows a road with cars going both ways, and a tent pitched at the left) Your holiday won't do you much good if you don't come back safe and sound (shows an open-topped car and its passengers proceeding along a road) He is worth saving (a mother holds up her smiling infant child. There is a car and tent in the background) Their lives are in your hands (A girl and boy crossing in front of a car) Put safety first these holidays (a car and its passengers are silhouetted against a red cloud) School holidays (two children cross the road with picnic basket, bucket and spade. A car pulls up to let them pass) When going on holiday, start early - and cut down on your speed. Shows a car pulling a small caravan, silhouetted against a rising sun. The words "Please drive carefully!" do not appear on this one) Date confirmed by a similar set for sale from the Complete Stamp Company, April 2017. Artists may include George Bridgman and Leonard Cornwall Mitchell, who designed similar images of large poster size. Quantity: 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithographs on perforated stickers, each 45 x 30 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2008.
[Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas], 1897?-1966, attrib. :Maori art, New Zealand. [1947...
Date: 1947 - 1949
By: New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966
Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1949-01
Description: Shows the tops of carved posts, and other sharpened posts in the background. Attributed and dated from an article by George Bridgman in "Design review", volume 1, no 6 (April/May 1949), pages 8-9, where this poster is reproduced. It is stated to be designed by the National Publicity Studios, of which George Bridgman was the art director. This is the basis on which Hamish Thompson attributes the artist in "Paste up" (2003). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Block print, 1010 x 630 mm.
Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966 :Travel days are here again. Book now thr...
Date: 1930 - 1939
By: Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau; Sincock, R G, active 1900s
Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1930s-03
Description: Poster advertising rail and plane travel shows a young woman in a knee-length skirt, V-necked top and green cap, seated casually upon a suitcase amongst a group of cases on a railway platform (indicated by the steam train at far left). At the right is a bag of golf clubs, and an aircraft flies overhead. Other Titles - Through Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Stamp] R G Sincock Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 810 x 555 mm.
Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966 :Travel days are here again. Book now thr...
Date: 1937 - 1939
By: Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau
Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1930s-12
Description: Poster advertising rail and plane travel shows two men with suitcases walking along a platform between a ship and a train. A Lockheed Electra plane flies at top right. Lockheed Electra aircraft were introduced into New Zealand just prior to the Second World War, and replaced shortly after the war. The poster has therefore been estimated as around 1937-1939 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 817 x 550 mm.
Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966 :After a hundred years, 1840 [-] 1940. Vi...
Date: 1939 - 1940
By: Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department
Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1940-01
Description: Shows a stylised illustration of the bow of a ship at the right, with a distant sailing ship at the left, both against a red background. Below are a New Zealand flag and a strip of a Maori design motif. The title words are above and below. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1010 x 630 mm.
Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966 :Lake Waikaremoana, New Zealand. "The sea...
Date: 1928 - 1932
From: [Ephemera relating to tourism and the Lake Waikaremoana area as a tourist destination. 1900-1999]
By: New Zealand. Tourism Department; Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; Hutcheson Bowman & Johnson Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Waikaremoana-ca1930-01
Description: Shows view of lake from old hotel site, showing cliffs of Panekiri Range in left distance. A group of three women stand and sit in right foreground. The illustration is signed G Bridgman at lower left. The pamphlet is identical to that at Eph-A-TOURISM-Waikaremoana-ca1930-02, except that amongst the list of branch offices for the NZ Government Tourist Department, the Wellington branch is listed. This pamphlet may be slightly later than that at Eph-A-TOURISM-Waikaremoana-ca1930-02. Extended Title - Hutcheson, Bowman & Johnson Ltd, Printers, Wellington. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on brochure cover.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 246 x 106 mm, on cover of brochure.
Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966: Milford Sound New Zealand. [New Zealand]...
Date: 1934 - 1937
By: New Zealand. Tourism Department; Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966
Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Milford-1935-01-front
Description: Booklet cover shows a well-dressed tourist couple, man smoking a pipe, on deck of cruise boat in Milford Sound, with Mitre Peak in the background. Dated ca 1935, from evidence that copy donated by Phillips Fox in 1996, was used by tourist to New Zealand in 1937/38. Other Titles - Booklet cover Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of booklet.. Physical Description: Coloured print, 212 x 140 mm.
Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966 :Winter sports; stay at the Chateau Tonga...
Date: 1937 - 1940
By: Bridgman, George Frederick Thomas, 1897?-1966; New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department
Reference: Eph-E-HOTEL-1930s-03
Description: Poster advertising the Chateau Tongariro and the skiing activity available there shows a stylised illustration of a skier Other Titles - Department Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1015 x 640 mm.