Peggy Angus: design's forgotten warrior – in pictures
A portrait of Peggy Angus's friend John Piper (in front of his painting Forms on Dark Blue ), 1937. It was accepted into the collection of the National Portrait Gallery when Angus was 86Photograph: National Portrait GalleryA tile mural for Brussels World Fair seen in situ, 1958Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014Peggy found inspiration wherever she travelled. This tile design is modelled on decorative paper cuts from PolandPhotograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
A tile mural on the staircase in the foyer of South Hill primary school, Hemel Hempstead, c1950sPhotograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014A painting by Peggy Angus: Eric Ravilious and Helen Binyon at Furlongs 1945Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014Peggy enjoying lunch in the garden at her Sussex home, Furlongs, 1980s; Beddingham Hill rises in the backgroundPhotograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014Tile mural, Glyndwr University, Wrexham, incorporating leeks and dragons, late 1950sPhotograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014Peggy loved to tell stories. Here she is telling the tale of the Teeny Tiny WomanPhotograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014A painting by Peggy of Ramsay MacDonald and his family, c1930 Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014Birds of various kinds often appear in Peggy’s design work; these are feasting on a grape vine on a wallpaper designPhotograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014Portrait of Jim Richards, 1947Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
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