Lawrence, John

 

BIOGRAPHY

John Lawrence's original wood & vinyl engraved prints, some with hand painted finishes, are available for purchase from Images of Delight.

John Lawrence was born in Hastings in 1933 and educated by the Salesians, first in Burwash, Sussex, then in Cowley, Oxford. He attended Hastings School of Art from 1951 - 1953. He did his military service in West Africa, between 1953 - 1955. He then went on to the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now Central St. Martins), from 1955 - 1957.

Since then he has freelanced, illustrating more than 150 books, some of which he has also written. His work covers a range from picture books to private press, including several books for the Folio Society. He has been a part-time lecturer for most of his career. First at Brighton School of Art in the 1960's and then at Camberwell School of Art until 1993, where he was a visiting Professor in Illustration. At present he has a day at A.P.U. Cambridge School of Art, where he lectures on the M.A. course in Children's Book Illustration. From 1978 until 1994 he was an External Assessor on the degree course at several art schools.

He is a member of the Art Workers Guild (Master in 1990), the Society of Wood Engravers, the Double Crown Club and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.

His work is in several public collections including the V & A, the Ashmolean, the Museum of Wales and collections in the U.S.A.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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A Venice Alphabet. Hand printed artist's proof in black.
320mm x 240mm. Signed and unmounted, £295

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John Lawrence
John Lawrence
John Lawrence
Seahorse, The Shyest Fish in the Sea, by Christine Butterworth, published 2006 by Walker Books Ltd.

John Lawrence says, "Sea horses are really exciting to draw, and I have tried to imagine how it must be to live under the water like them."

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John Lawrence
The Once & Future King by T.H. White, with hand coloured vinyl engraved illustrations by John Lawrence.
First published 2003 by The Folio Society.

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John Lawrence (framed)
John Lawrence
Miscellaneous Artwork

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Colonel Jack by Daniel Defoe (wood engravings) published by the Folio Society 1967
The Diary of a Nobody (line) published by George & Weedon Grossmith 1969
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (lino cuts) published by the Folio Society 1972
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (line) published by Kestrel/Viking 1975
Watership Down by Richard Adams (illustrated edition) (line and wash) published by Kestrel 1976
Rabbit & Pork, Rhyming Talk by John Lawrence (wood engravings) published by Hamish Hamilton 1975
Everyman's Book of English Folk Tales by Sybil Marshall (ed) (wood engravings) published by Dent 1981
Mabel's Story by Jenny Koraleck (line and wash) published by Patrick Hardy 1984
Emily's Own Elephant by Philippa Pearce and John Lawrence (line and wash) published by Julia MacRae/Greenwillow 1988
John Lawrence's Picture Book by John Lawrence (wood engravings) published by J.L.Carr 1988
Christmas in Exeter Street by Diana Hendry and John Lawrence (line and wash) published by Julia MacRae/Knopf 1989
The New Treasury compiled by Neil Philip (wood engraving) published by Blackie 1990
Poems for the Young compiled by Neil Philip (line and wash) St. Martin's Press h/b 1992, Hodder & Staughton p/b 1995
Collected Poems for Children by Charles Causely (line) published by Macmillan 1996
King of Kings by Susan Hill (line and wash) published by Walker Books 1996
The Mysteries of Zigomar by Allan Ahlberg (line and wash) published by Walker Books h/b 1997, p/b 1999
Old Stories by Kevin Crossley Holland (vinyl engraving) published by Colt Books h/b 1997, p/b Dolphin 1999
This Little Chick by John Lawrence (vinyl engraving) published by Walker Books 2002
Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pulman (wood & vinyl engraving) published by David Fickling 2003
Tiny's Big Adventure by Martin Waddell (vinyl engraving) published by Walker Books 2004

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