Yvonne Skargon

Yvonne Skargon (1931-2010), was a British wood engraver, watercolorist, and typographer who was best known for her work related to botanical and culinary subjects.

Yvonne Skargon
Born(1931-05-01)May 1, 1931
DiedMarch 10, 2010(2010-03-10) (aged 78)
Sundbury, UK
NationalityBritish
EducationColchester School of Art and the Royal College of Art
Known forWood engraving
Spouse(s)John Commander

Career

Yvonne Skargon was born in 1931. She attended the Colchester School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London,[1] and studied with Blair Hughes-Stanton and John O'Connor.[2] She worked professionally as an illustrator of books about nature, gardening, and cooking, and regularly illustrated for the British horticultural journal, Hortus. Skargon was an instructor in wood engraving at the Royal College of Art for five years until the programme was ended in 1980.[3] She illustrated dozens of books and wrote several on gardening that were printed in fine press editions. She illustrated three of Jane Grigson's books: The Mushroom Feast (1975), Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book (1978) and Jane Grigson's Fruit Book (1982).[4] Skargon also wrote and illustrated two books about her cats that achieved popular fame, The Importance of Being Oscar (1988) and Lily and Hodge and Dr. Johnson (1991), issued in fine press and trade editions by the publisher, Primrose Hill Press. Skargon designed the commemorative issue of postage stamps to honour the 9th World Congress of Roses, Belfast, for the Royal Mail in 1991[1]

Yvonne Skargon died on 16 March 2010.[5]

Known for
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References
  1. Brett, Simon (2002). An engraver's globe: wood engraving world-wide in the twenty-first century. London: Primrose Hill Press. p. 379. ISBN 9781901648126. OCLC 253888952.
  2. Barker, Nicholas (May 3, 2010). "Yvonne Skargon: Artist celebrated for her wood engravings from nature". Independent. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  3. Engraved gardens. Jones, Cordelia. Cambridge: Silent Books. 1989. p. 56. ISBN 1851830162. OCLC 39977322.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Holland, Isobel; Hunter, Lynette; Stoneham, Geraldine (1991). "Bibliography of Jane Grigson's Books". Petits Propos Culinaires. London: Prospect Books. 38: 20–49.
  5. Barker, Nicholas (Summer 2010). "Obituary". Book Collector. 59 (2): 307–308. doi:10.1126/science.76.1983.617. PMID 17730029.


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