Barbara Jones Archive 1950-1951

Jones, Barbara, 1912-1978

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Whitechapel Art Gallery London 1901- ongoing art gallery

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Barbara Mildred Jones, 1912-1978

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Barbara Jones was a designer, writer, painter and illustrator. She studied mural decoration at the Royal College of Art from 1933-1937, where she became associated with a circle of British artists and illustrators which included Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, Edward Ardizzone and John Piper. During the Second World War she was among the few women employed by the 'Recording Britain' scheme, painting Britain's natural and architectural heritage. Jones was commissioned to m...