Muriel Jackson
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Muriel Blomfield Jackson | |
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| Born | 9 March 1901 London |
| Died | 1977 |
| Education | Hampstead Day School |
| Alma mater | Central School of Arts and Crafts |
| Known for | Wood engraving |
| Notable work | Wagon on the Heath (1931) |
| Spouse | Francis Courtenay Mason |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Charles J. Phipps (grandfather) |
| Awards | Logan Medal of the Arts 1931 Wagon on the Heath |
| Elected | Associate of the Society of Wood Engravers |
Muriel Blomfield Jackson (9 March 1901 – 1977) was an English wood engraver who was active at the beginning of the twentieth century. She was a pupil of Noel Rooke at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and exhibited regularly with the Society of Wood Engravers.[1]
Muriel Jackson was born in London, the daughter of architect Arthur Blomfield Jackson, and was educated at Hampstead Day School.[2][3] She studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London from 1917 to 1922 under Noel Rooke for wood engraving and F. Ernest Jackson for tempera painting.[3] From 1920 she specialised in recording gypsy caravans on Hampstead Heath, and in 1922 she designed a poster Happy days at the zoo for London County Council Tramways.[4] She was a finalist in the British Prix de Rome scholarship competition in 1925 and in 1931 received the Logan Medal of the Arts at the International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving in Chicago, for her print Wagon on the Heath.[2]
In 1928 she married Francis Courtenay Mason (1891–1953), a surgeon of Harley Street. They had two children, a son and a daughter.[5]
