Marie Angel (artist)

Angel was born in London and educated at Coloma Convent Girls' School.[1] Throughout World War II she attended the Croydon School of Arts and Crafts and after the war studied at the Royal College of Art design school until 1948.[2] Her work as a freelance illustrator led to a commission from Harvard College Library to produce a number of illustrated bestiaries which in turn led to Angel working on a number of children's books, for both American and British publishers.[1] She also wrote and illustrated books on the techniques of calligraphy and a volume of flower illustrations.[1] Works by Angel have been shown at the Royal Academy in London and the Society of Designer Craftsmen and in solo exhibitions in America.[2] Both the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and Harvard Library hold examples of her work.[2] The Hunt Institute has a number of her botanical watercolours.[3]

• We Went Looking by Aileen Fisher, 1968, Crowell
• The Twenty-third Psalm, 1970 Crowell
• My Cat Has Eyes of Sapphire Blue by Aileen Fisher, 1973, Crowell
• Two Poems by Emily Dickinson
• The Tale of the Faithful Dove by Beatrix Potter, 1971, Warne
• The Tale of Tuppenny by Beatrix Potter, 1973, Warne
• Tucky the Hunter by J. Dickey, 1979, Crown.[1]

• The Art of Calligraphy, 1978, Robert Hale
• Bird, Beast and Flower, 1980, Chatto & Windus
• A Bestiary, 1964, Harvard College Library
• A New Bestiary, 1968, Harvard College Library
• An Animated Alphabet, Harvard College Library
• Painting for Calligraphy, 1984, Overlook Press
• An Alphabet of Garden Flowers, 1987, Pelham.[1]