Monica Walker | |
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| Alma mater | Central School of Arts and Crafts |
| Occupation | Illustrator, writer  |
Monica Walker was a writer and illustrator, active in the United Kingdom in the 1940s and 1950s.
She was a student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in the late 1930s.[1] She is depicted as a shopkeeper in an illustration, High Street, by her fellow student Hilary Stebbing.
Walker worked for a time as a draughtswoman in an aircraft factory.[2]
She illustrated children's books, including her own The Educated Pig (Oxford University Press; 1949) and texts by others such as Ditties for the Nursery (Oxford University Press, 1954) by Iona Opie, Trouble for Tembo (Dolphin Books/ University of London Press, 1958) by Lesley Bourne, and Martin's Holiday (Dolphin Books/ University of London Press, 1960) by Enid Wiseman.
Her work was featured on the cover of the 1956 Christmas edition of Radio Times.[3]
A 1947 portrait photograph of Walker, by John Gay, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.[4] She was photographed by Gay for, and featured in, an article in The Strand Magazine, "Eight Young Artists in Search of an Editor",[5][2] in which she was said to be living with her parents in Surbiton.[2]
The University of the Arts London (the successor to the Central School of Arts and Crafts) has three of her works in its collection.[1]
- ^ a b "Monica Walker". Makers A-Z: individuals and organisations. University of the Arts London. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ a b c Anon. (July 1947). "Eight Young Artists in Search of an Editor". The Strand Magazine. Vol. 113, no. 679. p. 76.
- ^ "Advent Calendar Day 4: Telly in the Cover". BBC. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Monica Walker". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Checklist of John Gay photographs". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 24 December 2019.