Vintage Optical Illusions by an Artist Who Died in the War

Rex Whistler - Reversible Face - Mad Wife & Farmer 1930

Mad Wife & Farmer

Rex Whistler [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Rex Whistler - Reversible Face - Hair Bald & Bearded

Hair Bald & Bearded

Rex Whistler [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Rex Whistler - Reversible Face - Mayor & Judge 1930

Mayor & Judge

Rex Whistler [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Rex Whistler - Reversible Face - Sscotsman & Englishman

Scotsman & Englishman

Rex Whistler [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Rex Whistler - Self-Portrait 1934

Self-Portrait

Rex Whistler [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Rex Whistler, born in 1905, was talented British illustrator, designer and painter. Unfortunately, his life was interrupted by the Second World War. The artist died in Normandy on 18 July 1944.