Suzanne Henriette Einzig (16 November 1922 – 25 December 2009) was a British illustrator, painter, printmaker and art teacher. She is best known for illustrating the children's book ''

Tom's Midnight Garden ''Tom's Midnight Garden'' is a children's fantasy novel by English author Philippa Pearce. It was first published in 1958 by Oxford University Press with illustrations by Susan Einzig. The story is about a twelve-year-old, Tom, who, while stayi ...

'' by

Philippa Pearce Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL (22 January 1920 – 21 December 2006) was an English author of children's books. Best known of them is the time-slip novel '' Tom's Midnight Garden'', which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Associati ...

Biography

Einzig was born Suzanne Henriette Einzig on 16 November 1922 in Dahlem, Berlin, into an affluent Jewish family. Her father, the managing director of a clothing company, encouraged her artistic talents, and at the age of 15 she began studying art at the Breuer School of Design.

Julia Eccleshare Julia Eccleshare MBE (born 1951) is a British journalist and writer on the subject of children's books. She was Children's Books editor for ''The Guardian'' newspaper for more than ten years, at least from 2000, until 2016. She is also an edito ...

, "Einzig, Susan Henrietta (1922–2009), illustrator", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, January 2013
online edition
Retrieved 15 February 2015 . Two years later she travelled to England on one of the last

Kindertransport The ''Kindertransport'' (German for "children's transport") was an organised rescue effort of children from Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, total ...

trains before the outbreak of the Second World War. She was joined by her brother, and later by her mother, but her father died in

Theresienstadt concentration camp Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination c ...

. Living with family friends in

Hampstead Garden Suburb Hampstead Garden Suburb is a suburb of London, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate and east of Golders Green. It is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations. It is an example of early twentieth-century ...

in London, she enrolled at the

Central School of Arts and Crafts The Central School of Art and Design was a art school, school of fine arts, fine and applied arts in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1896 by the London County Council as the Central School ...

, where she studied wood engraving under

Gertrude Hermes Gertrude Anna Bertha Hermes (18 August 1901 – 9 May 1983) was a British wood-engraver and sculptor. Hermes was a member of the English Wood Engraving Society (1925–31) and exhibited with the Society of Wood Engravers, the Royal Academy an ...

and

John Farleigh John Farleigh CBE (16 June 1900 – 30 March 1965), also known as Frederick William Charles Farleigh, was an English wood-engraver, noted for his illustrations of George Bernard Shaw's work ''The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search fo ...

, and drawing and illustration under

Bernard Meninsky Bernard Meninsky (25 July 1891 – 12 February 1950) was a British painter of figures and landscapes in oils, watercolour and gouache, a draughtsman and a teacher.. Biography Early life and education Meninsky was born in Konotop, modern-day Ukr ...

, William Roberts and Maurice Kesselman. In 1942 she was conscripted to work in an aircraft factory, and later worked as a technical draughtsman for the

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. After the war she found work as an illustrator. In 1945 she was commissioned by

Noel Carrington Noel Lewis Carrington (1895 – 11 April 1989) was an English book designer, editor, publisher, and the founder of Puffin Books. He was the author of books on design and on recreation and also worked for Oxford University Press and Penguin Bo ...

to illustrate a children's book, ''Mary Belinda and the Ten Aunts'' by Norah Pulling, using the technique of autolithography in which the artist draws directly on the printing surface, using a separate plate for each of six colours. Other books she illustrated include '' Sappho: a Picture of Life in Paris'' by

Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet. Early life Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ' ...

(1954), ''Tom's Midnight Garden'' by Philippa Pearce (1958), which won the 1959 Carnegie Medal (see figure), and '' The Bastables'' by E. Nesbit (1966), a new edition. She also worked for magazines like ''

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'', ''

Picture Post ''Picture Post'' was a photojournalistic magazine published in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1957. It is considered a pioneering example of photojournalism and was an immediate success, selling 1,000,000 copies a week after only two months. ...

'' and '' House and Garden'', and was a regular illustrator for the ''

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'' from about 1948. To supplement her income she worked part-time as a tutor at the

Camberwell School of Art Camberwell College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art and design university in London, England. The college offers further and higher education programmes, including postgraduate and PhD awards. ...

, where her students included

Euan Uglow Euan Ernest Richard Uglow (10 March 1932 – 31 August 2000) was a British painter. He is best known for his nude and still life paintings, such as ''German Girl'' and ''Skull''. Born in London, he studied at the Camberwell School of Art. His i ...

and Terry Scales, as well as ex-servicemen, including the musicians

Humphrey Lyttelton Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family. Having taught himself the trumpet at school, Lyttelton became a professional ...

and

Wally Fawkes Walter Ernest Fawkes (; 21 June 1924 – 1 March 2023), also known as Trog when signing cartoons, was a Canadian-British jazz clarinettist and satirical cartoonist. After emigrating with his family to Britain from Canada when he was 7 years ...

. Among her colleagues were the painter and illustrator John Minton, who was an important influence on her work, and

Keith Vaughan John Keith Vaughan (23 August 1912 – 4 November 1977), was a British painter. His work is held in the collections of the Government Art Collection, National Galleries Scotland, National Portrait Gallery, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum in t ...

. From 1959 until 1988 she was a lecturer, later a senior lecturer, at Chelsea School of Art and Design, where her students included the illustrators

Sue Coe Sue Coe (born 21 February 1951) is an English artist and illustrator working primarily in drawing, printmaking, and in the form of illustrated books and comics. Her work is in the tradition of social protest art and is highly political. Coe's w ...

and

Emma Chichester Clark Emma Chichester Clark (born 15 October 1955) is a British children's book illustrator and author. She has published over 60 books and is best known for her series of picture books about a child's toy called Blue Kangaroo.Joanna CareyCroc on ice ...

and the actor

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. She continued to work as an illustrator and a fine artist. Her prints were exhibited with the Artichocke Print Workshop, and her paintings at the

Royal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

, the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...

, the

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and elsewhere in the UK and abroad.Artists in Britain since 1945: Chapter E
Goldmark Gallery, 2012, p. 23. In her later years she lived in

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, London, and died of heart failure at the

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, Chelsea, on 25 December 2009. She was unmarried and had two children.

Books illustrated

*Norah Pulling, ''Mary Belinda and the Ten Aunts'', 1945 *Norah Pulling, ''Miss Richard's Mouse'', 1946 *

Eduard Mörike Eduard Friedrich Mörike (; 8 September 18044 June 1875) was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk songs, while others were used b ...

, ''Mozart on the Way to Prague'', 1946 *

Rex Warner Reginal Ernest Warner (Rex) (9 March 1905 – 24 June 1986) was an English classicist, writer, and translator. He is now probably best remembered for ''The Aerodrome'' (1941).Chris Hopkins, ''English Fiction in the 1930s: Language, Genre, Histor ...

, ''The Vengeance of the Gods'', Macgibbon & Kee, 1954 *

, ''Sappho: a Picture of Life in Paris'', The Folio Society, 1954 *Valerie Hastings, ''Jo and the Skiffle Group'', Max Parrish & Co, 1958 *

, ''

'', Oxford University Press, 1958 *

Hester Burton Hester Burton (née Wood-Hill; 6 December 1913 – 17 September 2000) was an English writer, mainly of historical fiction for children and young adults. She received the Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carnegie Medal for her 1963 novel ''Time o ...

, ''Her First Ball'', Oxford University Press, 1959 *

Gillian Avery Gillian Elise Avery (30 September 1926 – 31 January 2016) was a British children's novelist, and a historian of childhood education and children's literature. She won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1972 for ''A Likely Lad.'' It w ...

, ''In the Window Seat: A Collection of Victorian Stories'', Oxford University Press, 1960 *Margaret Love, '' An Explorer for an Aunt '', Follett Publishing Company, 1960 *

Eleanor Spence Eleanor Spence (1928–2008) was an Australian author of novels for young adults and older children. Her books explore a wide range of issues, including Australian history, religion, autism, bigotry, materialism and alienation. She was appoin ...

, ''Lillipilly Hill'', Oxford University Press, 1960 *Eleanor Spence, ''The Green Laurel'', Oxford University Press, 1963 *

Elizabeth Poston Elizabeth Poston (24 October 1905 – 18 March 1987) was an English composer, pianist and writer. Early life and career Poston was born in Highfield House in Pin Green, which is now the site of Hampson Park in Stevenage. In 1914 she moved wi ...

, ''The Children's Songbook'', 1961 *

Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Nicholls (; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), commonly known as Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë family, Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novel ...

, ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The firs ...

'', abridged by E. M. Atwood, Longmans, 1962 *

Jane Gaskell Jane Gaskell (born July 7, 1941 in Lancaster, EnglandSharon Yntema, ''More Than 100: Women Science Fiction Writers''. Crossing Press, 1988. (pp. 51-52).) is a British fantasy writer. Career She wrote her first novel, ''Strange Evil'', at age 14 ...

, ''Attic Summer'', Hodder & Stoughton, 1963 *

Robert Gittings Robert William Victor Gittings CBE (1 February 1911 – 18 February 1992), was an English writer, biographer, BBC Radio producer, playwright and poet. In 1978, he was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for ''The Older Hardy''. Early life ...

and Jo Manton, ''The Story of John Keats'', E. P. Dutton & Co, 1963 *

Meindert DeJong Meindert De Jong, sometimes spelled de Jong, DeJong or Dejong (4 March 1906 – 16 July 1991) was a Dutch-born American writer of children's books. He won the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1962 for his contributions as a ch ...

, ''The Tower by the Sea'', Lutterworth Press, 1964 * E. Nesbit, ''The Bastables'', Nonesuch Press, 1966

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Einzig, Susan 1922 births 2009 deaths Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design English children's book illustrators Kindertransport refugees British magazine illustrators British women children's book illustrators 20th-century British educators 21st-century British educators Jewish German artists German emigrants to the United Kingdom