Enid Marx
Enid Crystal Dorothy Marx FRSA was an English painter and designer. She was born in London, England, on 20 October 1902 and died in London on 18 May 1998. She was a distant cousin of the political philosopher, Karl Marx.[1]
She was educated at Roedean School, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1925.[2]
She was especially known for her work upon the moquette upholstery fabric for London Transport, such as the seating on Underground trains. During the Second World War, she worked upon designs for utility furniture and, after the war, was especially associated with the publisher Penguin.[1]During the late 1950s and 1960s, Marx lived with her partner Margaret Lambert in St Andrews, Scotland. At this time, she also designed the frame around the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the British low value Wilding series definitive stamps[3] and the 1976 Christmas stamp issue featuring medieval embroidery.
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