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Harry Lawrence Gage

1887–1982

Best known for early 20th-century books on printing and design, this American artist and designer brought a practical eye to page layout as well as a painter’s feel for color and composition.

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Applied design for printers : A handbook of the principles of arrangement, with brief comment on the periods of design which have most strongly influenced printing

Applied design for printers : A handbook of the principles of arrangement, with brief comment on the periods of design which have most strongly influenced printing

by Harry Lawrence Gage

About the author

Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1887, Harry Lawrence Gage was an American artist, designer, and writer whose work bridged fine art and commercial design. Reference sources describe him as a muralist, graphic designer, and painter, with marine and landscape subjects among his known artworks.

Gage is especially remembered by readers for Applied Design for Printers (1920), a handbook that explained design principles for people working in the printing trade. That practical, instructional side of his career fits with other notes that he was active in graphic design leadership and book design during the early 20th century.

He died in 1982. Reliable basic biographical information is available, but I couldn’t confirm enough detail from accessible sources to responsibly add more about his personal life or later career here.