Robert Micklewright

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Robert Flavell Micklewright RWS (1923–2013) was a British artist, illustrator and designer. He worked as a freelancer and designed dust jackets for books by C. P. Snow and V. S. Naipaul, and posters for London Transport. According to The Guardian, his work was "always of a high standard".[1]

Micklewright was born in

Rifle Brigade, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, and Greece. His company commander was the glass engraver Laurence Whistler.[2][3]

After the war, Micklewright trained at Wimbledon School of Art from 1947 to 1949 and the Slade School of Fine Art from 1949 to 1952.[3] The Slade's focus was on fine art and, according to Micklewright, "wasn't a lot of use to ordinary mortals like myself".[2]

Micklewright worked freelance and designed dust jackets for book publishers,

Victoria & Albert Museum, London.[7]

Micklewright designed book dust jackets for various authors, including

Hubert Bagster, Malcolm Saville, and V. S. Naipaul.[2] He designed the cover art for Naipaul's first novel, The Mystic Masseur, in 1957,[8] and for his second, The Suffrage of Elvira , in 1958, both for André Deutsch.[9]

Micklewright married while a student at the Slade and lived in the hamlet of Mogador, Surrey. He died in 2013.[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ Salisbury, Martin (21 October 2017). "The persuasive art of the dust jacket". The Observer. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780500519134. Retrieved 18 September 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  3. ^ a b c d e f "Robert Flavell Micklewright". Art UK. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Summary Bibliography: Robert Micklewright". isfdb.org. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Epping Forest, by Robert Flavell Micklewright, 1968". London Transport Museum. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Marble Hill House - Micklewright". originalrailwayposters. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Poster 1970 (issued)". Victoria & Albert Museum. 5 August 1970. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ISBN 9780330487122
    . Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. ^ "The Suffrage of Elvira". Jonkers Rare Books. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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