JOHN LAWRENCE
BIOGRAPHY
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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