John Lawrence (illustrator)
John Lawrence (born 15 Sep 1933 in Hastings[1]) is an eminent[2] English illustrator and wood engraver.
He has twice won The Francis Williams Award for illustration (sponsored by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London), and twice been runner-up for the Kurt Emil - Maschler Award.[2] He has also published children's books in his own right including This Little Chick which was a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year.[3] He was master of the Art Workers Guild in 1990,[4] and now lives in Cambridge.[5]
Education
Born in Hastings in 1933, John Lawrence was educated in Salesian schools, first in Burwash, Sussex then in Cowley, Oxfordshire, before attending Hastings School of Art (1951 - 1953). After National Service in West Africa he moved to the Central School of Art and Design (1955 - 1957)[4] where he was introduced to wood engraving by Gertrude Hermes.[6]
Teaching
In the 1960s he taught at Brighton School of Art and then as a visiting professor of illustration at Camberwell School of Art until 1993.
Until 2010 he taught at Cambridge School of Art, lecturing on the M.A. course in Children's Book Illustration.[2][4]
Illustration
He has illustrated more than 200 books,[1] both adult and children's ranging from Shakespeare to Alan Ahlberg including the best-selling Watership Down by Richard Adams and has recently worked with Philip Pullman producing all the illustrations for Lyra's Oxford and Once Upon a Time in the North[2][4][7]
His work is represented in the Ashmolean, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Manchester Metropolitan University and Seven Stories in Newcastle.[8]
Further reading
- Ian Rogerson, Through the Looking-Glass: the Illustrations of John Lawrence (2006)
- John Lawrence (2002. Primrose Academy) (series: the Engraver's Cut)
- Sketchbook drawings by John Lawrence with a recorded commentary by John Lawrence, compiled and edited by Tom Colverson ... (1991. Previous Parrot Press)
- D. Martin, 'John Lawrence', in Douglas Martin, The Telling Line Essays On Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators (1989), p. 167-186
- A Selection of Wood Engravings John Lawrence (1986. Camberwell Press) [Limited edition]
- Peter Guy, 'The Wood Engravings of John Lawrence', in Matrix; 3 (1983 Winter), p. 21-41
- Lesley MacDonald, 'Der Illustrator John Lawrence', in Illustration 63, 18/3 (1981 November), p. 83-88
References
- 1 2 http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/10346/John+Wilfred.aspx Debrett’s People of Today, John Lawrence, Esq Profile
- 1 2 3 4 http://www.illustrationcupboard.com/artist_bio.aspx?aId=66
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Little-Chick-Times-Illustrated-Awards/dp/0763617164
- 1 2 3 4 http://www.childrensbookillustration.com/view_artist.php?id=25
- ↑ http://www.amazon.ca/Treasure-Island-Robert-Louis-Stevenson/dp/0763644455
- ↑ http://www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/jun/21/featuresreviews.guardianreview30
- ↑ http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/faculty-of-arts-brighton/alumni-and-associates/associates-and-alumni/?a=12280 Lawrence | Associates | University of Brighton - Faculty of Arts
External links
- Incomplete bibliography
- "The spitsticker wizard: John Lawrence uses tools and techniques that go back to the 18th century, yet his illustrations look bang up to date", The Guardian, Saturday 21 June 2003
- John Lawrence at Library of Congress Authorities, with 52 catalog records
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