Monica Poole RE (1921-2003)

Highly renowned Wood-engraver; born in Canterbury, Kent and studied at Thanet School of Art, Margate, 1938; worked in an aircraft factory during WWII; continued her studies 1945-9 on John Farleigh’s illustration course at the Central School of Arts and Crafts; 1977-93 producing woodcuts and exhibiting with solo shows at Duncan Campbell, 1989 and 1993; also exhibited with the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (elected Associate 1967 and Member 1975); member of the Society of Wood-engravers and the Art Workers’ Guild; author of books on her fellow wood-engravers: John Farleigh (q.v.), 1985 and George Mackley (q.v.), 1994. Her work is held in many collections including: V&A Museum, Scottish National Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and the Ashmolean Museum, which held a retrospective exhibition in 1993.