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Peggy Angus: design's forgotten warrior – in pictures

Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus John Piper
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 86 Photograph: National Portrait Gallery
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus A tile mural for Brussels World Fair 1958
A tile mural for Brussels World Fair seen in situ, 1958 Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus tile design
Peggy found inspiration wherever she travelled. This tile design is modelled on decorative paper cuts from Poland Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus staircase, foyer of South Hill Primary School, Hemel Hempstead,
A tile mural on the staircase in the foyer of South Hill primary school, Hemel Hempstead, c1950s Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus Eric Ravilious and Helen Binyon at Furlongs 1945
A painting by Peggy Angus: Eric Ravilious and Helen Binyon at Furlongs 1945 Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus Furlongs, 1980s
Peggy enjoying lunch in the garden at her Sussex home, Furlongs, 1980s; Beddingham Hill rises in the background Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus Tile mural, Glyndwr University, Wrexham
Tile mural, Glyndwr University, Wrexham, incorporating leeks and dragons, late 1950s Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus photograph by James Ravilious
Peggy loved to tell stories. Here she is telling the tale of the Teeny Tiny Woman Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus Ramsay MacDonald and his family, c1930
A painting by Peggy of Ramsay MacDonald and his family, c1930 Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus wallpaper design
Birds of various kinds often appear in Peggy’s design work; these are feasting on a grape vine on a wallpaper design Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
Peggy Angus: Peggy Angus, Portrait of Jim Richards 1947
Portrait of Jim Richards, 1947 Photograph: Towner, Eastbourne / DACS, 2014
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