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Joan Hassall (3 March 1906 – 6 March 1988) was a wood engraver and book illustrator. Her subject matter ranged from natural history through poetry to illustrations for English literary classics. In 1972 she was elected the first lady Master of the Art Workers Guild〔(A Hundred Years of the Art Workers Guild )〕 and in 1987 was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire). ==Biography== Born at 88 Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill, London, Joan Hassall was the daughter of the artist John Hassall, famous for his poster "Skegness is so bracing",〔(John Hassall's daughter visits Skegness )〕 and his second wife, Constance Brooke Webb. Her letters〔Brian North Lee, ''Dearest Joana: a selection of Joan Hassall's lifetime letters and art'' (Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 2002), ISBN 0-948375-65-5.〕 show how close she was to her younger brother, Christopher Hassall, and his early death affected her greatly. She addressed him as 'Topher' in her letters to him, until his wife, Eve, objected, whereupon she switched to 'Bruth'. Her portrait of Christopher is now in the National Portrait Gallery.〔(Joan Hassall's portrait of her brother Christopher )〕 She attended Parsons Mead School and then trained as a teacher at the Froebel Institute. Her experiences at a rough East London secondary school convinced her that she did not want to be a teacher. She worked as her father's secretary for two years and then attended the Royal Academy Schools from 1928 to 1933. In 1931, to help out a friend because numbers for the class were dropping,〔Joan Hassall, 'My engraved work' in ''Private Library'' (Winter 1974), published by the Private Libraries Association.〕 she began evening classes in wood engraving at the London Central School of Photo-engraving and Lithography in Fleet Street, where her teacher was R. John Beedham. The discovery of wood engraving had a profound influence on the rest of her life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joan Hassall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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