Arnold Beauvais

{{Short description|British designer}}

Arnold Victor Beauvais (1886–1984) was a British designer and illustrator.

He was born in Rushey Green, Catford, London in April 1886, the third of six children of French-born painter and lithographic artist Charles Henri Beauvais (1862–1911) and his wife Anne Corfield.{{cite book |last1=Branaghan |first1=Sim |title=British film posters : an illustrated history |date=2006 |publisher=BFI |location=London |isbn=9781844572212 |pages=63–68}}

Beauvais created the artwork for the British poster for the 1955 Marilyn Monroe film The Seven Year Itch.{{cite web |title=The Seven Year Itch Poster |url=https://www.moviepostermem.com/The-Seven-Year-Itch-Poster/59239 |website=moviepostermem |access-date=13 October 2022}}

His son Tom Beauvais is also a poster designer.

His son Walter John Beauvais (1942–1998) was a painter.{{cite web |title=Beauvais Walter John 1942-1998 |url=https://www.johnnicholsonfineart.co.uk/department/beauvais-walter-john-1942-1998/ |website=johnnicholsonfineart |access-date=13 October 2022}}

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