John Lawrence (born 15 September 1933 in Hastings [1] ) is an 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]
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]
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]
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]
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