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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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "NAJMAN Eva b. 1923". Artist Biographies. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Sassoon, Penelope (1953). "Penelope in Moscow". Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^ Clarke, Joan B. (1966). "Teach yourself English costume through the ages". English Universities P. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Eva Najman". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Checklist of John Gay photographs". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 24 December 2019.



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A Game of Ghosts is a BBC television documentary, broadcast in 1991 as part of the Everyman series.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A Game of Ghosts (1991)". BFI. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

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