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Eva Najman was an illustrator, painter and printmaker, working in London from the 1940s.
Najman was born in Berlin in 1923.[1] Originally Polish, she arrived in England in 1938[1] and was naturalised British in 1946.[2] Her parents settled in Haifa.[2]
During World War II, she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service.[2] Afterwards, she studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London.[2]
One of her early commissions was to illustrate the book jacket for John Moore's Brensham Village (1946).[2] She also illustrated Aphra Henzell's African Patchwork (1952), Penelope in Moscow (1953) by Penelope Sassoon.[3] and Teach Yourself English Costume Through the Ages (1966) by Joan Clarke.[4]
A 1947 portrait photograph of Walker, by John Gay, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.[5] She was photographed by Gay for, and featured in, an article in The Strand Magazine, "Eight Young Artists in Search of an Editor",[6][2] in which she was said to be living in Kilburn.[2]
- ^ a b "NAJMAN Eva b. 1923". Artist Biographies. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Anon. (July 1947). "Eight Young Artists in Search of an Editor". The Strand Magazine. Vol. 113, no. 679. p. 76.
- ^ Sassoon, Penelope (1953). "Penelope in Moscow". Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Clarke, Joan B. (1966). "Teach yourself English costume through the ages". English Universities P. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Eva Najman". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Checklist of John Gay photographs". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 24 December 2019.