{"product_id":"enid-marx-1","title":"Enid Marx","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnid Marx (1902–1998) was a leading artist and designer, collector and writer, who played an important role in British cultural life in the mid-20th century. Now available in paperback, Alan Powers’ definitive account of her career makes a welcome return to print after its original publication in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAssociated with Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden in the ‘outbreak of talent’ at the Royal College of Art in the 1920s, Marx excelled as a designer and printer of hand-blocked fabrics before branching into industrial woven patterns for London Underground and the wartime Utility Furniture Scheme. After making a significant contribution to book illustration, she went on to design postage stamps and patterns for laminates, becoming a Royal Designer for Industry and an advocate for better design training and industrial patronage. In parallel, with her life partner the historian Margaret Lambert, she formed a collection of ‘Popular Art’, which was bequeathed to Compton Verney in Warwickshire, where it is an increasingly popular attraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected words and images from Marx’s extensive archive, combined with high-quality reproductions of a wide variety of designs, illuminate Marx’s versatility, high spirits and reconciliation of modernity and tradition through a rare gift for pattern making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Powers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118711955656,"sku":"9781848227781","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/9954\/files\/9781848227781.png?v=1781695929","url":"https:\/\/www.lundhumphries.com\/products\/enid-marx-1","provider":"Lund Humphries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}